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title: Week 23, 2024
issue: 23
year: 2024
weekNumber: 23
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created: 2024-06-09T12:00:00
modified: 2025-08-29T08:30:45
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# Wisdom I Pondered This Week

* “The willingness to make sacrifices for others, to be able to wait for a reward, the devotion to work; for me, these are everlasting values.” — Brunello Cucinelli
* Average/Normal people think in linear, logical terms and achieve a linear, logical outcomes. Smart people think differently and generate non-linear, asymmetric outcomes.
* “Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. And between the two my life flows.” — Nisargadatta Maharaj
* Abundance is not something we acquire. It’s something we tune into.
* “Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

# Things I Learned This Week

* Scandinavia most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
* The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute (KI) awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
* GUI (Graphical User Interface) v.s GDI (Graphics Device Interface)
* Tenured Professor 終身教授
* 在 Netflix, HBO 等串流平台尚未崛起前，「百視達 Blockbuster」曾是全球出租影業龍頭