MackayIM on Nostr: "Yes, intellectuals and scholars are paid to think deep thoughts—but those thoughts ...
"Yes, intellectuals and scholars are paid to think deep thoughts—but those thoughts are often owned by others. It is a great irony that society tends to look down on those who sell their bodies, but not on those who lease out their minds."
"Tress of the Emerald Sea" by Brandon Sanderson
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