Brain Food #664
When the world is not ready
Thoughts of the day
Yesterday I wrote about how we are all works in progress, and about the importance of doing, by casting a glance at the work of Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci is often described as being ahead of his time. He designed one of the first-ever parachutes, and his work later influenced the study of aerodynamics (though the parachute’s design was impractical, when designed and tested in 2000, it worked). Da Vinci also left behind various balloon designs, though, in reality, those structures were incapable of flying.
Sometimes, ideas get abandoned because it is not the right time for them.
On October 19th, 1783, two hundred years after da Vinci’s days, the Montgolfier brothers, who were French aviation pioneers, launched the first tethered balloon flight with humans on board.
Great thinkers, like da Vinci, left plenty of ideas for others to execute, instead of selfishly keeping them to themselves. Wanting the success of others propels us all forward. Life is a positive-sum game.
And imagining ideas as something external to us allows them to live on, and beyond us.
If something does not feel right for right now, because the world is not ready, go back to it later. If it feels that the world may not be ready in this generation, leave it for someone else.
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