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In the middle ages this used to be a thing. It's where the word sauntering comes from. It was a bit of a dodge. People would take to the road (or maybe the path) and whenever anyone they met asked where they were headed they would say they were on their way to the Holy Land (Saint Terre) and...
Concensus reality is a consensus, an agreement to pretend that things are other than they are. It's an Emperor's new clothes sort of thing. What they are really saying is "we don't want to hear about it any more." Perhaps they are envious, or perhaps they are not interested. In a way, both...
I think that thinking in polar extremes -- selfish vs self-denying -- generally leads to nonsense. There's a reason the airline staff tell you in case of an emergency to put on your oxygen mask first. Allowing your employees to become too dependent on you may not be the best thing for their...
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