This is my 2nd favorite chapter in the nicomacehan ethics.
My favorite is when he says "don't give too many f*cks, but not to few either. A real man gives just the right amount of f*cks, in the right time, to the right people and in the right manner"
“Aristotle said a lot of clever things, didn’t he? My favourite is ‘You’ve got to dance like nobody’s watching.’ It’s so true. And you can apply it to anything.”
—Philomena Cunk on Aristote’s philosophy
do you know anyone doing this by creating protoypes of educational instituions? I know @flowidealism is doing this with TSE, and i think @mbateman with the montessirum. I think there are some curriculum examples of this: Beast Academy of TAoPS has some virtue embedded in its curriculum.
but there seem to be far too few people thining about this. @lathamht is, I know. but it feel like an empty field
my intuition is that the problem is that these types of projects tend to be really easy to be bullshit
its very hard to create a being/institution that has the proper intersection of wisdom to seek virtue, discernment to articulate it effectively, capacity to design, experiment iterate and deliver real results.
and when these get split, things go out of hand
@nayibbukele might be an example of a one person powerhouse, but I don't know what his successes are beyond crime. (which is already a huge achievement)
This article accords very strongly with my own moral instincts. In particular, I think the argument that institutional, cultural, and normative interventions are much less salient than they should be is accurate and important.
@_3l3ktr4_ I'm trying to get grants now, I'd love to know how you get funding for anything!
whats your number one tip to attend to when asking for a grant?
I have a brown leather jacket and it warms my body and my heart.
When physical items spark warm memoires of loved ones, it makes sense to get sentimental and transfer some love to these items. To not recognize that these are conduits, but not the source, is too miss a real connection.
This is a post about idolatry and torah