"And the funny thing is, it was an accident. Just a stupid, innocent mistake. One of the thousands of people responsible for the operation of those horrific weapons got a little careless with their part in the day-to-day management of the imperfect technology used in an international nuclear standoff that had become increasingly tense and confusing amid rapidly rising cold war chaos."

Reading by Tim Foley.

The Day The World Ended

Ego vs. Self Esteem

Becoming Rooted in the Formless

When people hear that Brian David Johnson is a futurist, they typically want him to offer up some predictions for what the world will look like 10, 20, 50 years from now. But Brian will explain to them that being a futurist is less about predicting the future than envisioning possibilities for it, choosing the one you want to build, and figuring out how to get there from the present.

Brian works through this process of futurecasting for Fortune 500 companies and the military, and in his book, The Future You, he shows individuals how they can apply it to their personal lives. He shares what that looks like with us today on the show, beginning with the importance of envisioning the future not as something set that you’re helplessly hurtling towards, but as something you can actively change and shape. We then talk about how to do your own futurecasting by figuring out what you want the life of the future you to look like, and identifying the tools and people that can get you there. Brian then explains how to get going towards your desired future and why that future is local. We end our conversation with what all this has to do with a quote from General Dwight D. Eisenhower: “Plans are useless, but planning is everything.”

The Art of Manliness

#731: A Futurist’s Guide to Building the Life You Want

Embraceable You

Embraceable You (Version By Frank Sinatra)

In his third Design Matters interview, writer Seth Godin riffs on his 20th book—“The Practice”—a milestone text exploring creativity and the sheer power of doing the work and putting it out into the world.

Design Matters From the Archive: Seth Godin

Keep Going

For the Win

Expanse

Castle in the Sky

Author, Life Hacker & Entrepreneur Tim Ferriss catches up with Joel Brown to talk about his new TV show "The Tim Ferriss Experiment" and how you can acquire new skills for success at an accelerated pace.

Tim Ferriss - How To Experiment Your Way To Success

A Raven and a Dove - Acoustic Selections from Lover

So What (Acoustic)

Background and transcript: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/21/ernest-hemingway-1954-nobel-speech/

Portrait of Hemingway by Yousuf Karsh