A man flew over Dubai with a pair of 4-foot wings with jet engines. Another hovered on air for over 1000 feet. Virtual reality experiences are becoming more and more commonplace, and dozens of developers are creating augmented reality that interacts with the real world. Nasa is working on an engine that uses no propellant and seems to defy traditional physics. Automatic cars are nearing real usability, and visionary billionaires are reaching for other planets.
I geek out like a school kid when I hear about things like this. I love seeing humanity reach for our dreams and begin achieving them. But I think the thing that excites me the most isn’t a new technological marvel, it how easy it is for each of us to improve ourselves.
Audiobooks on our phones. E-books on our readers. The vastness of human experience that we can find online. Each of these things makes finding ways to improve ourselves only a click or touch away.
Why do we waste so much time?
What do you want to do? Find a book. Find an article. Heck, ask Yahoo for crying out loud. The information is right there. Take it. Use it. Shape your life the way the people behind those technical marvels have. They didn’t wait for anybody to tell them what to do. Neither should you.
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