rheedio on Nostr: Ah if only he were still around. I just started reading Pirate Enlightenment, which ...
Ah if only he were still around. I just started reading Pirate Enlightenment, which is fascinating. This line in particular, I think, is relevant here:
"...there is a kind of mathematical glee to be found in reducing all human action to self-aggrandizing calculation. But these are ultimately tawdry pleasures."
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