in the new age/modernism discourse, there's a yearning for us all to be villagers but we think and dream like city folks.
you can't wish for capitalism benefits on a socialism model, neither can a man long for heaven on a devil's payroll.
A lot of workplaces in Nigeria are just adult bullying with salary attached.
Because explain why some bosses speak to grown adults like irritated secondary school teachers.
I'm terrified of a man who has no faith; in God, in the gods, in legacy, in a woman, to angels, to orphans, to widow, to the sick, to cats, to chrysanthemum, to the cripple, in principles, heresies in parts, to conspiracies, to the earth, to heaven, hell even.
My grandma once told me: “You should fall in love with someone intelligent, because on the days you can’t have sex, it becomes really valuable to be able to have a glass of wine and talk.”
1/8 🧵
Most people would recognize this painting (fresco) immediately. Especially if you’re old enough like me to have owned a Nokia phone.
But how many know its name, its artist, or have really looked closely? Buckle up. This fresco will hit different after today. Mind blown (or at least make you interesting at parties) guaranteed.🧠
"Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. So we must stretch ourselves to the very limits of human possibility. Anything less is a sin against both God and man." - Da Vinci
This reminds me of Jensen Huang talk at Stanford, where he said:
“Greatness does not come out of intelligence, it comes from character. Character is not formed out of smart people, it is formed out of people who have suffered.”