"What I think we fear is rapid, pronounced, and uncontrollable changes to ourselves, and because of this we have a form of personality inertia - something that resists rapid change."

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This quotation examines the core nature of Change as articulated by Simon Travaglia. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Change provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Simon Travaglia

The Bastard Operator From Hell (BOFH) is a fictional rogue computer operator created by Simon Travaglia, who takes out his anger on users and others who pester him with their computer problems, uses his expertise against his enemies and manipulates his employer. By extension, the term is also used to refer to any system administrator who displays the qualities of the original.

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More about Change

"I don't have any structured grand plan; I just intend to keep writing about the things that interest me-some of which change, some of which don't."

— Greg Egan
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"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."

— John F. Kennedy
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"Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it."

— Niels Bohr
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"We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect."

— Gael Garcia Bernal
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