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1 " Rich is my word for someone who can afford to make choices, who has enough resources to do more than merely survive. "
― Seth Godin , We Are All Weird: The Myth of Mass and The End of Compliance
2 " If your feet are in two buckets and the average temperature of the water is 90 degrees, you’re probably fine—unless one bucket is at 35 and the other is at 145 degrees. On average, you’re fine. Based on variation, though, you’re miserable. "
3 " It’s human nature to be weird, but also human to be lonely. This conflict between fitting in and standing out is at the core of who we are. "
4 " The epic battle of our generation is between the status quo of mass and the never-ceasing tide of weird. "
5 " Only wealthy organisms are able to culturally diversify, and as human beings get richer and richer, our instinct is to get ever more weird. As productivity has skyrocketed, so has our ability to do what we’d like instead of merely focusing on survival. "