Some societies have managed to find the jewel in the lotus. But as soon as each one found the thing, flying tribes came from the wilderness and put the men to the sword and bundled the women and children off to bondage. I think what is holding us back is the fact we aren't all moving in the same direction, or under the same direction. We cannot have exclusive yin. Nothing but yin would turn us fat, lazy and impotent. The nicer things get for the nice people, who have nce things and live in nice places, the nastier those who don't and haven't. If we tame the barbarian at the gate, then where is our hybred vigour? Out with the wash water, that's where. No, I didn't like Nietzche, no I couldn't swallow much of it and no I didn't agree with what of it I could understand. But facts are salient, always. The wolf strengthens the herd.
Last summer I had a lengthly night discussion with one israeli guy over a few glasses of pastice (spelling? that french kind of ouzo) and mint syrup. Eventually we reached the conclusion that only societies evolving in environment of suffery and misery are creative and progressing. All great poets have been distressed people. Most died young.
did you hear this other guy they hanged a week later... the hangman got the calculations wrong, and his head got severed by the rope and flew a few meters away. fucked, eh?
the hangman got his numbers mixed up when he look over calculation for height of drop he mistakenly read the number metres instead of metres and so drop from the height 300cm decapitate man when the 200cm would hav just broke neck lookie hier
