Before we left, Takagi, who works in a narrow, smoky shop, mentioned, in a moment of classic Japanese humility, that, despite fifty years of experience making tools, he was still learning, still striving "to reach my goal".
People who think they are already the best (regardless of their actual talent) are unlikely to keep growing and learning; to strive to learn and do better because they don't think they need it.
The idea behind the LF Deep Learning Foundation is to "support and sustain open source innovation in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning while striving to make these critical new technologies available to developers and data scientists everywhere".
We just pay attention to the city around us, and learn and strive every day to do better.
At The London Review of Books, Adam Shatz confirms this picture of Derrida as a figure who learned to strive for separateness and thrive on exclusion.
I accept challenges in areas beyond music, perhaps more readily than others do, because I have learned to strive for musical perfection".
And just where do we learn to strive in this way?
6. Learn and strive to be happy -- it's your job, no one else's.
We too will learn to strive, to struggle, to fail, to persevere and to try again, keeping our eye on the big picture rather than blowing up the impact of a small moment.
I've learned to strive for knowledge, not simply for the sake of knowledge or for good grades, but for the purpose of applying it to our world's problems and, just maybe, finding a solution.
