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[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

The greatest thing I ever did was to tell my children to stop, look, and appreciate the sunset everyday.

[PROFESSOR @SIGMAPROFESSOR]

The final boss of intelligence is knowing to use it only when it's required. The rest of the time, play like a child, dumb, fun, and completely unburdened. Or ur intelligence will be the biggest burden you'll carry forever.

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

Huxley was onto something...

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

One of the most important (and overlooked) scenes in the Odyssey is the encounter with the Lotus-eaters.

After nine days at sea, Odysseus and his men finally reach dry land. They go ashore to collect water, and Odysseus sends three men to go explore.

When his men don't return, Odysseus begins to worry.

The men had met some of the islanders (the Lotus-eaters), "who did them no hurt, but gave them to eat of the lotus, which was so delicious that those who ate of it left off caring about home, and did not even want to go back".

Odysseus ends up having to drag his men back to the ships and quickly sail away.

One must understand the symbolic power of the lotus. Its danger is not in any physical threat. The lotus is so deadly because it overloads you with pleasure, taking away all sense of urgency.

In this state of pleasure and relaxation, you forget your mission and your purpose. The men who ate the lotus flowers completely forgot about everything of value in their lives: their homes, their families, etc.

It's easy to think the monsters and beasts are the most terrifying threats you face. But because they're so obviously dangerous and remind you that death is a real possibility, they alert you to the value of life, and remind you of why you're fighting. But the real danger is a life so comfortable that you forget what you were trying to do in the first place.

Statistically speaking, it's unlikely you'll ever go to war or die of famine. But it is certainly possible that an addiction to your phone will derail you from your mission. Abundance of food and entertainment is far more likely to destroy you than most physical threats.

Yes, you will encounter plenty of Sirens and Cyclopes in life. But the real threat, which you must fend off every single day, is that of the lotus flower: a delicious indulgence that brings you immediate satisfaction, and makes you forget what you were fighting for.

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

@HodlerCaulfield @parkeralewis @AdamBLiv Consider me retarded

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

Your primary task is not to endlessly expand or consume, but to care well for what has been entrusted to you during your time here.

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

Truth as something you get better at perceiving over time through direct experience.

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

@HodlerCaulfield @parkeralewis @AdamBLiv Because it doesn't matter if the math is correct or not. Just buy the BTC, lol.

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

@parkeralewis @HodlerCaulfield @AdamBLiv Parker, appreciate what you do man. I'm sure this gets exhausting. Infinitely easier to just buy BTC and go enjoy your life instead of trying to create a new paradigm of financial engineering just to squeak out a few extra pieces of paper. Einsteinian vs Newtonian mindset.

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

@AdamBLiv Why would you possibly need MSTR if BTC is 1 mil.? This is such crazy hubris and greed gymnastics to overcomplicate the simplest option. Just buy the bitcoin.

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

@ScottGreen27202 @3four3 What hes saying is even if you just compare Beligum they have about 50 guys playing in the top leagues when US have maybe 15 even though they have drastically smaller participation #s. No incentive in US for grassroots development as there is in pro/rel

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

@mshodl @GhostOfStoneyX2 Do you remove the suckers and try and have them grow nice and vertical? Or eventually lose the battle and have the offshoots grow roots and expand in a mess of tomato vines like the rest of us?

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

@iboster52 @_davidskerr Great assessment, you are correct about how it works in the US and the coaching at the school level is extremely poor. Low hanging fruit for improving soccer in this country

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

@DragovichTony @_davidskerr This is the most accurate take. Soccer (travel sports) became a veblen good and killed rec participation and culture. The coaching and development is so poor that the talented quit and the expensive travel team is filled with mediocre players whose parents like brag about cost.

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

Force flows best when the vessel is empty of self-importance but full of presence and skill.

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

What Messi does on the pitch is equivalent to Caravaggio. A level of genius unmatched. But the most impressive feat is the humility.

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

@aristomarinetti Remember me whispers the dust

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

@saifedean @Mandrik Napoleon should have slept more

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

@3four3 @BallzSoccer ADR don't let perfect be the enemy of good. This has to start somewhere and it is. Make no mistake it will take time and the "best" players will go to the highest bidder first which at the moment is MLS. But its opportunity nonetheless for those of us who want to make change

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

@3four3 Narrator: And the people never did learn...

[Art Shop @ArtShop1971]

@BITVOLT Mankind? Seems a bit of a stretch. Diogenes would disagree.