"It’s that implicit I don’t know at the heart of Montaigne’s essays — his frankness about being a foolish, flawed and biased human being — that she thinks has endeared him to centuries of readers and exasperated more plodding, systematic philosophers."
"expertise is usually a pre-requisite for real innovation". May Be. But many a times, being naive (and inexperienced) may make one to see and think differently.
"The directors of the five top-grossing films of 2012 are all in their 40s or 50s" - What does this prove? Are they innovators?
"But there is another reason to keep innovators around longer: the time it takes between the birth of an idea and when its implications are broadly understood and acted upon. This education process is typically driven by the innovators themselves." - I don't fully agree with this. 'typically' is a broad word.
"We need to move to a system where new drugs are priced as close to the cost of production as possible - and where innovation is paid for and rewarded separately. We need innovation and affordable access." - A challenging pricing problem that needs to be solved.
This - suffering comes from being attached to the outcomes.” - reminded me of a similar quote from Bhagavad Gita (paraphrased) - "Do your duty without attachment to the outcomes"
Good tips (warning) for bloggers - "The blogosphere, with its wonderful but dangerous flexibility, can ruthlessly betray an author’s attitude toward his readers. Does he respect their precious time and keep things tight? Is he sensitive to their expectations?"
I envy my dad's ability to recite Shakespeare plays that he learnt many...many years back. The more I use my gadgets, the more i am losing my memory. Need to find ways to improve my memory.
Yes. I like 1-side papers. Some times i used to fold them, staple them together to make it a pocket sized notebook. I am not sure how for this is true - I remember reading somewhere that Gandhi used to use the white space on news paper borders to write.