1.0Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvementhttps://www.pickthebrain.com/blogrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="SSLlB69DQM"><a href="https://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/kurt-vonnegut-essay/">A Brief Essay on the Life and Work of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/kurt-vonnegut-essay/embed/#?secret=SSLlB69DQM" width="600" height="338" title="“A Brief Essay on the Life and Work of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.” — Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement" data-secret="SSLlB69DQM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),c=0;c<n.length;c++)n[c].style.display="none";for(c=0;c<s.length;c++)if(r=s[c],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=l.createElement("a"),i=l.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,o.test(i.protocol))if(i.host===a.host)if(l.activeElement===r)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Screen-Shot-2014-10-30-at-6.01.11-PM.png587390A brief biography on Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Mr. Vonnegut may be gone, but his work will continue to teach us, to remind us of what we are. No matter who you are or where you come from, we're all in this together. If the amount of coverage his death has received is any indication, he's made a similar impression on many other people. Reading the articles and watching this montage about Vonnegut's life reminded me of what I've learned from him.