Things worth knowing

As Kevin Kelly, the founding exec editor of Wired magazine, turns 70, he shares 103 things he wishes he’d known earlier. It’s an enjoyable mix of the practical and the grand.

  • When buying a garden hose, an extension cord, or a ladder, get one substantially longer than you think you need. It’ll be the right size.

  • Don’t bother fighting the old; just build the new.

  • Your group can achieve great things way beyond your means simply by showing people that they are appreciated.

  • When someone tells you about the peak year of human history, the period of time when things were good before things went downhill, it will always be the years of when they were 10 years old — which is the peak of any human’s existence.

  • You are as big as the things that make you angry.

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