The Simple Life

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Confucius

The Rubik’s Cube was invented in 1974 by Ernõ Rubik, a Hungarian architecture professor. There’s a World Cube Association that governs “twisty puzzle” competitions, and the fastest Rubik’s Cube solvers can complete the puzzle in 3 seconds. Whatever they’re doing, it’s way faster than my childhood method of peeling off and reapplying the colored stickers to complete the puzzle.

About the author

Confucius (c. 551 – c. 479 BCE) was a Chinese philosopher and politician of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. Confucius’s teachings and philosophy underpin East Asian culture and society, remaining influential across China and East Asia to this day.