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71 " [Eric Schmidt] explained that only one criterion that mattered when picking a job- fat growth. When companies grow quickly, there are more things to do than there are people to do them. When companies grow more slowly or stop growing, there is less to do and too many people to not be doing them. Politics and stagnation set in, and everyone falters, He told me, " If you're offered a seat on a rocket sip, you don't ask what seat. You just get on. "

73 " The inconsistencies that haunt our relationships with animals also result from the quirks of human cognition. We like to think of ourselves as the rational species. But research in cognitive psychology and behavioral economics shows that our thinking and behavior are often completely illogical. In one study, for example, groups of people were independently asked how much they would give to prevent waterfowl from being killed in polluted oil ponds. On average, the subjects said they would pay $80 to save 2,000 birds, $78 to save 20,000 birds, and $88 to save 200,000 birds. Sometimes animals act more logically than people do; a recent study found that when picking a new home, the decisions of ant colonies were more rational than those of human house-hunters.
What is it about human psychology that makes it so difficult for us to think consistently about animals? The paradoxes that plague our interactions with other species are due to the fact that much of our thinking is a mire of instinct, learning, language, culture, intuition, and our reliance on mental shortcuts. "

― Hal Herzog , Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals

75 " There is no easy way to do a deadlift—not involving actually picking up the bar—which explains their lack of popularity in gyms around the world. "

― Mark Rippetoe , Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training

77 " it's something rebellious about picking up and leaving buying a one way ticket and not knowing when you want to return. "

― Turcois Ominek