The Pragmatic Idealist

"If we had no winter, spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." - Anne Bradstreet The Rock'n'Roll Casualty who Became a War Hero   Anglo Saxon Cow Bile and Garlic Remedy Kills MRSA   Controversy over New Daily Show Host's Tweets

"Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as though the sand were stone." - Jorge Luis Borges Mutual Funds in Tech Startups   US Seeks Offensive Cyberattack Capacity   Bill Would Limit Use of Student Data

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy on building the new, rather than fighting the old." - Socrates Supreme Court Divided on Health Care   Rogue Pilot Blamed for Malaysia Jet Disappearance   World of Venture Capital Under Microscope   Quadriplegic Woman Flies F35 with Nothing but her Thoughts   Proposed Google Algorithm Changes

"Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens to you." - Aldous Huxley   Best Car Commercial Ever   European Interest Rates go through the Looking Glass   Four Crazy Ideas from Stanford about the Future of College   Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge