It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
Fear can be a useful signal, but it shouldn't be the only voice we listen to.
我们今天在海洋渔业中做出的每一个决定都会影响子孙后代。