“egregious.most people think that word means terrible or unheard of or unforgivable. it has a much more interesting story than that to tell. it means "outside the herd." imagine that - thousands of people, outside the herd.”
“No herd is more herd than the mass of ignorant people!”
“Think outside the square. Think for yourself don't just follow the herd. Think multidisciplinary! Problems by definition, cross many academic disciplines.”
“I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men. The former are so much the freer.”
“But far more numerous was the herd of such,Who think too little, and who talk too much.”
“I learned that myth doesn’t mean a lie; it means a traditional story that tells you something about people and their worldview and what they hold sacred. Interesting.”