Not the cover I have. This is the cover I have now, much nicer. Plus David gave it to me, for my birthday … yeah I know, behind. I read it back in January though.

We are all sad when we think of the wondrous potentialities that human beings seem to have and when we contrast these potentialities with the small accomplishments that we have. Again and again people have thought that we could do much better.

This came into my possession with the word think written on the back of a ripped up shred of calendar. But that is how one should take Feynman, thinking about what it is that he is really saying, past the arrogance and the storytelling, he is propempting everyone to take control of their lives. This is a collection of three lectures he gave at the University of Washinton (Seattle) that are for him, quite a bit off the top of quantum elecrodynamics. It is a pretty quick read though, and recommended.