But in matters of offline pursuits, well, that's another story.
The challenge is to keep innovation as a pursuit as well as companies that have derived from it evolving with other technological advances as well as the markets.
For the most part, race riding is a solitary pursuit, as well as a labor-intensive and dangerous one.
For the dewy-eyed romantics, it is the perfect excuse to burn candles and proffer overpriced out-of-season roses in pursuit of, well, something.
It was "Godwhacker," from the band's 2003 album, "Everything Must Go" (Reprise), and the lyrics blithely gestured toward a tale of vengeance, pursuit and, well, deicide.
Ireland's pursuit started well with 28 runs arriving from the first two overs, Porterfield flicking the first ball for four and Paul Stirling hitting two sixes, but they were hampered by twice losing two wickets in as many balls.
And it's a fairly democratic pursuit as well: the sheer range of vintage and modern mechanical watches on the market today is staggering for the almost endless number of options a person (on any budget) can have in choosing a personal timepiece.
Investigations aimed at providing greater understanding of effects on the cellular level seem worthy of pursuit as well.
While the underlying theory of matching pursuit is well established, its numerical implementation in terms of computational speed and accuracy comes at an enormous cost.
By contrast, action-oriented students show significantly higher means for self-control and goal pursuit as well as for self-motivation and emotion-regulation.
