The Pale Blue Dot

 

The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken in 1990 by the Voyager 1 spacecraft from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) from Earth, as part of the solar system Family Portrait series of images. In the photograph, Earth is shown as a tiny dot (0.12 pixel in size) against the vastness of space.[2] The Voyager 1 spacecraft, which had completed its primary mission and was leaving the Solar System, was commanded by NASA to turn its camera around and to take a photograph of Earth across a great expanse of space, at the request of Carl Sagan.

Favorite Quotes

Steve Jobs

Albert Einstein

Vince Lombardi

Kim Jong - North Korea

Where the Magic Happens

This absolutely rings true with me.  I like pushing boundaries and the thrill of being uncomfortable.  When successful, the adrenaline rush of pushing past these self imposed boundaries is amazing.  As we push, our comfort zone becomes bigger.  Then even more amazing things happen.  Take it a step further...

I think of Moore's law of exponential growth when I see this.  Moore's law states that the number of components in integrated circuits had doubled every year from the invention of the integrated circuit in 1958.  His prediction has been very accurate aside from the soon to be realized limitations of silicon.

If we continue to reach outside of our own comfort zone, in how we think, or what we do, that soon becomes our new comfort zone.   

This illustration crudely identifies the expansion of the comfort zone.  If this is repeated, that soon becomes the new comfort zone and we continue to evolve.  Imagine exponential personal growth.  With technology, we can take what was the "old comfort" zones and move them forward even faster.  We have so much access to information and alternate methodologies that this transition could be sped up faster than ever before.

The beauty of this is that everyone can do it.  Once the first step outside of "the comfort" zone is taken, the barrier has been knocked down.  It is much easier to keep the momentum going and I have found that the excitement of these new experiences keep the circle expanding.   

My favorite 2 minutes on the internet

The Beginning of Infinity - Jason Silva

 

I have stated on many occasions that this is my favorite 2 minutes on the internet.  This is what got it all started for me.  After watching the artistic and enthusiastic delivery of this incredible message I started digging deeper and deeper into the the acceleration of technology and the beginnings of our universe.  

I first heard Jason Silva on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast #183.  He talked a lot about the technological singularity which I am fascinated by, since watching Transcendent Man.  His description of our thoughts literally becoming reality was so familiar based on Buddhism, The Secret, The Law of Attraction and so many other philosophies.  His version made sense to me though.  It wasn't mystical or divine.  It was much simpler than that.  Dreams are real patterns of information.  We conceive of all of these possibilities and bring our imaginings into reality.  Bam!  My mind was changed forever.  Thanks Jason Silva and Joe Rogan (and Redban).