The pain of making the necessary sacrifices always hurts more than you think it's going to. I know. It sucks. That being said, doing something seriously creative is one of the most amazing experiences one can have, in this or any other lifetime. If you can pull it off, it's worth it. Even if you don't end up pulling it off, you'll learn many incredible, magical, valuable things. It's NOT doing it when you know you full well you HAD the opportunity- that hurts FAR more than any failure.
To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.
What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
I gathered we were headed over Nob Hill, and from the angle, it seemed we were taking one of the steeper routes.
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.