Epictetus
“For the nature of man is not to endure to be deprived of the good, and not to endure the falling into the evil.”
When institutions seem distant or fragile, the next moral decision is often painfully local. Character is revealed by what we practice when nobody is applauding. The small decisions after a public conflict are often more revealing than the speeches during it.
An ethical response is less dramatic than a perfect speech but often does more good. This idea has limits: reflection alone cannot feed a family or repair a bridge, but reflection can change the choices that do. Read this passage as a challenge to examine our next response, not as a claim that any philosopher foresaw our election or that injustice is harmless.
The background holds a clue that is easy to miss on a first viewing. A moonstone serpentine dragon moves through a chapel held together by living branches while the wizard faces a meaningful choice. The decision is not a spectacular attack. Instead, light runs through the completed joint to the reservoir. In the background, two nested circles etched on a dark teaching tablet, one marked with a small hand print and one with a weather symbol quietly points to an inner choice distinguished from outer events.
For us, the practical beginning is smaller than the cinematic one: choose an unglamorous repair you can repeat tomorrow, even if no one notices. Start small enough that you can finish, and meaningful enough that the effort is more than symbolic. Which small habit would make your community more dependable?
Source: Discourses and Encheiridion, George Long translation
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It's basically the result of creative destruction
Years ago, a blacksmith could spend decades mastering his craft, only for the automobile mechanic to earn significantly more.
Every new era creates new winners and displaces the flamboyance and purchasing power of old occupations.
so today, it's basically happening again.
Yesterday is speaking.
Question is, what is it saying?
It tells us why certain things are the way they are today.
It tells us what to watch for.
What to learn from.
What to do.
What not to do.
It shows us what happened before and asks us to look at what is happening now.
Are we seeing something genuinely new?
Or have we seen something like this before?
And sometimes, Yesterday simply has fascinating stories to tell. (you'll encounter a lot of this as well)😊
Basically, we pay attention to everything yesterday has to tell us
Yesterday speaks about:
Power. Economics. Geopolitics. Technology. Religion. Human nature.
Enough talk, let's delve😎