“I offer you this sign, every people speaks its own language of good and evil, it’s neighbor does not understand this language…but the state LIES in all languages of good and evil; and whatever it says, it lies - and whatever it has, it has stolen…only there, when the state ceases, does the man who is not superfluous begin: does the song of the necessary man, the unique and irreplaceable melody begin. There, where the state ceases- look there… Do you not see it? the rainbow and the bridges to the Superman? Thus Spoke Zarathustra.”
Ben Affleck shares how he overcame his alcohol addiction. Says it is not “overpriced rehabs”.
“I hate to say it but the cure for addiction and the only cure I’ve seen is not these overpriced rehabs or these fraudulent fixes that are sold to people”
“The cure for addiction is suffering”
“You suffer enough and then something inside you goes ‘I’m done’”
Hats off to doctoral student and podcaster Zhong Shu in Beijing, China, who did this fascinating and smart interview with Christopher Nolan about THE ODYSSEY yesterday, originally posted to Bilibili.
A great listen/watch.