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we should have five hole golf courses…

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“…we should have five hole golf courses. (Two threes, two fours and a five.)


“Now for the aficionados of gigantic rolling courses, I know that this is heresy.


“But I gave up golf about six years ago, because it was taking too long to play. I would get antsy, bored and generally fed up with how I wasn’t having fun. So the clubs went to the basement, where they have not seen the light of day since.


“Beyond time, think of the savings to our environment if we downsize courses. It would take less of everything to run and maintain the course.


“Water would be saved, less fertilizer would be dumped on the ground, only to run into our water system. It would take less time and fuel to mow.


“The courses could be designed so that each player could determine their starting hole.


“They could also decide to play and pay for only the holes they have time for.


“Now, I know this is a radical idea and probably not very sexy, but has its time come?”

http://cnpofohio.blogspot.ca/2007/12/lighter-smaller-smarter.html

"Impact Requires A Hell Of A Lot More Than Permission" — GapingVoid

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impact requires a hell of a lot more than permission - gapingvoid

“In case you didn’t get the memo: There is no secret validation committee, deliberating on what your destiny is allowed to be.

So that strategy about waiting for your life to be finally green-lighted by someone else?

Sorry, you’ve been wasting your time.

There is no green light. Or red light. Or yellow light.

There’s just you. And what you intend to do about the present moment.

But I suspect you already knew that…”

The Most Intolerant Wins The Dictatorship of the…

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The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority

https://medium.com/@nntaled/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15

“This large payoff from stubborn courage is not just in the military. The entire growth of society, whether economic or moral, comes from a small number of people. So we close this chapter with a remark about the role of skin in the game in the condition of society. Society doesn’t evolve by consensus, voting, majority, committees, verbose meeting, academic conferences, and polling; only a few people suffice to disproportionately move the needle. All one needs is an asymmetric rule somewhere. And asymmetry is present in about everything.”