A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2)

by Hank Green

What I wanted was the part where people were asked to get together once a week to talk about how to be a good person and, like, hang out with their neighbors. It’s pretty amazing that apparently the only way to get people to do that is to invent an all-seeing, kindhearted sky dad who will be super disappointed/burn you for eternity if you don’t show up.

I know I’m not the first one to mention this, but I feel like I need to reemphasize that it is really weird to talk to a monkey and really weird to talk to a space alien computer program, but it’s, like, unsustainably weird to talk to both at the same time. But then, like everything, somehow you just get used to it. I didn’t want to let April out of my sight. It seemed like this new reality could pass into a dream with any shift in the wind. In that way, it felt a lot like what it was like when April was suddenly gone. Adjusting to a new reality just takes time, and your mind keeps looking for signs that the old reality was the real one.

Based on the data given to me, systems like yours tend to be short-lived. Ultimately, all beauty is transitory, but there’s no choice except to believe it is worthy.

Fuuuuuck. That’s shitty. The whole idea was that it would be available to the people who added the most value to the Open Access Space. Eight: Well, yeah, I mean . . . have you met capitalism? The whole idea of everything is to reward people who create value and yet

This is such a great video topic. An open market rewards people who work hard and think critically at first, but once real value is at stake, the market rapidly transforms to reward those with access to capital. The fact that, in this case, the capital is fame and not money only makes it that much more universal and interesting. Twelve: Yes. The top 50 today compared to the top 50 yesterday shows directly that people who aren’t adding value have bumped out at least 10 people who are. One: And by the time the top 50 are selected, I wouldn’t be surprised if that number doubled.

I think I figured out why you’re rising in the ranks again.” He turned his phone to me and showed me the following tweet. Justin Bieber @JustinBieber Hanging out in the Altus Space. Breezy Spring Day is amazing. Go check it out. 937 replies 8.4K retweets 29K likes “What the fuck,” Bex said. I texted One, Are you friends with Justin Bieber? They texted back, No comment. Wait, I replied. Are *you* Justin Bieber? A very fast reply: No comment. At 11:30 I was in the top fifty again, and by midnight I wasn’t even worryingly close to fifty. Justin Bieber had pushed me through the finish. The power of #influencers!

You will always struggle with not feeling productive until you accept that your own joy can be something you produce. It is not the only thing you will make, nor should it be, but it is something valuable and beautiful.