My sister doesn’t eat pork because she thinks it is dirty compared to beef. I told her about an article I read that cows today can produce 50 times more milk in a day than it used to because of the advancements of genetics and technology. I would joke at my sister that at least technologists wouldn’t spend time re-engineering pigs than they do with cows (I don’t know of any side effects it has on cows and those that consume them).

It’s a wrong question. A thread at Yahoo Answers asked how different could the world be if people began to follow their dreams. In a prologue of the thread: How would the world be different if people began to follow their own dreams?

Painting fakes (Seth Godin)
Hearts and spirits show up in person (Slacker Manager)
Lessons Learned From 15 Days of the Lucid Dreaming trial (Life Coaches Blog)
Why Alignment Matters (Life Hack)
Gratitude (Steve Pavlina)

She conquered Maria Sharapova despite people telling her she wasn’t ready and healthy enough to compete in the Australian Open. She believed in herself and was glad she remained firm and decided to compete hard in the Australian Open.

I feel sad whenever I read about people who should have had an excellent career had it been for one mistake they made. What adds salt to the pain is when these people are still very young and have seen their lives turn from brightness to darkness in one sweeping motion.