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To be one of the world's top space robotic arm operators is a necessary skill for an astronaut, but it doesn't have much carry-over. ”
I've put a lot of my life into making it possible to fly in space at all. ”
The communities and countries best at using energy to optimize a microclimate for human life are also the ones whose people have the longest average lifespans. Canada, Sweden, and Iceland - places with inhospitable winter weather - are frontrunners in sustaining human health and life. ”
Boldface' is a pilot term, a magic word to describe the procedures that could, in a crisis, save your life. We say that 'boldface is written in blood' because often it's created in response to an accident investigation. It highlights the series of steps that should have been taken to avoid a fatal crash, but weren't. ”
We need to put our priority on protecting this exceptional way of life. ”
This deficit that we have threatens our very way of life, and everything needs to be on the table. ”
I've taught people in improv classes, then watched them move to Los Angeles to become Emmy winners and movie stars. That experience, for anyone wondering, is both super exciting and also makes you put a microscope on your own life choices. It causes you to question why you still perform stand-up in so many Brooklyn basements. ”
I didn't like who I was. I spent a lot of my life regretting who I was, which is a sad thing to say. ”
The street I lived on for the first handful of years of my life was lined with modest, lower-middle-class houses with small front yards and cracked driveways - your typical North Jersey neighborhood, with all the odd hidden darkness that that implies. ”
What if?' is just about the worst question I can ask myself, and I want to avoid it at all costs for the rest of my life. ”