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My first inkling that conversation was a learnable skill, and that the benefits of conversation were larger than I imagined, happened while I was taking the Dale Carnegie course I mentioned earlier. The focus of the class was on public speaking, but we also learned techniques for making conversation with strangers, such as one might in a party or business situation. The technique is laughably simple and 100 percent effective. All you do is introduce yourself and ask questions until you find a point of mutual interest.
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
Scott Adams
Every human being has around thirty thousand genes. In fact, we have two copies of each of those genes – one inherited from our mother, the other from our father. Our genes tell our cells what proteins to make, and when. Each protein is a tiny molecular machine. Every cell in your body is built out of millions of these little machines, working together in precise ways. Proteins break down food, ferry energy to the right places, and form scaffoldings that keep our cells in the right shape. Proteins synthesize messenger molecules to pass signals in the brain and other proteins form receptors to receive those signals. Even your ribosomes - the machines inside each of your cells which build new proteins -are themselves made up of other proteins.
More Than Human
Ramez Naam
“I think a good way to conceive of sacred space is as a playground. If what you’re doing seems like play, you are in it.”
— Joseph Campbell
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