All guns are loaded. - Kevin Kelly

Over the next three decades, scholars and fans, aided by computational algorithms, will knit together the books of the world into a single networked literature. A reader will be able to generate a social graph of an idea, or a timeline of a concept, or a networked map of influence for any notion in the library. We’ll come to understand that no work, no idea stands alone, but that all good, true, and beautiful things are ecosystems of intertwined parts and related entities, past and present.

Fear is fueled by a lack of imagination. The antidote to fear is not bravery; it looks more like imagination.

When you feel like quitting, just do five more: 5 more minutes, 5 more pages, 5 more steps. Then repeat. Sometimes you can break through and keep going, but even if you can’t, you ended five ahead. Tell yourself that you will quit tomorrow, but not today.