It’s easy to become cynical. For thousands years we have been trying and failing to fix human nature. The brightest minds of humanity, from Socrates and Jesus to so many others, including Maslow — all failed. None of it wax in vain, of course, we kept learning from each failure. But we are yet to crack the puzzle.
"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know." -- Ernest Hemingway
also him:
"How can you trust people? You trust them."
I guess we have to fake it till we make it. Keep treating people not according to what we think they are but according to how we want them to be. Trust them to make them trust-worthy, etc... And I would be doing so much more of it if it didn't make me so goddamn anxious! I don't even know why.
It’s easy to become cynical. For thousands years we have been trying and failing to fix human nature. The brightest minds of humanity, from Socrates and Jesus to so many others, including Maslow — all failed. None of it wax in vain, of course, we kept learning from each failure. But we are yet to crack the puzzle.
https://open.substack.com/pub/silkfire/p/once-upon-a-time
"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know." -- Ernest Hemingway
also him:
"How can you trust people? You trust them."
I guess we have to fake it till we make it. Keep treating people not according to what we think they are but according to how we want them to be. Trust them to make them trust-worthy, etc... And I would be doing so much more of it if it didn't make me so goddamn anxious! I don't even know why.
This was a great listen! So important for today. Everyone should listen to this!