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The movement you need is on your shoulder.

Quote of the Week 13 " The movement you need is on your shoulder. " ― Paul McCartney ( Hey Jude , song lyrics) The best line in the song according to John Lennon.  Featured in  the  McCartney: A Life in Lyrics  podcast describing the genesis of the song by its creator .

What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.

Quote of the Week 46 " What progress, you ask, have I made?    I have begun to be a friend to myself. " ― Seneca Triggered by a recent @DailyStoic tweet : pic.twitter.com/YxnYCGYMYA — Daily Stoic (@dailystoic) November 6, 2023 See also: " This is what progress looks like ".

A real friendship ought to introduce each person to unexpected weirdness in the other.

Quote of the Week 48 " A real friendship ought to introduce each person to unexpected weirdness in the other. " ―  Jaron Lanier Cited by Lex Fridman in a podcast with  Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #218 - YouTube   Another  quote from the VR pioneer on Kara Swisher's Sway podcast about what he thinks of Meta and the Mark Zuckerberg Metaverse demo. It was ... "L ike some megalomaniac took my stuff & filtered it through some weird self-aggrandizement filter. " ―  Jaron Lanier