

“Busyness as Proxy for Productivity: In the absence of clear indicators of what it means to be productive and valuable in their jobs, many knowledge workers turn back toward an industrial indicator of productivity: doing lots of stuff in a visible manner.”
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

“humans are a strange lot. We have the power to analyze and explore the world around us, yet panic as soon as the evidence threatens to violate our expectations”
― Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
― Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

“You’re no help,â€� he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could”
― Anansi Boys
― Anansi Boys
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