Michael Ornellas
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Smashing the cup
There’s an old story about Diogenes, the philosopher.There’s an old story about Diogenes, the philosopher. An early proponent of simple living, one of his few possessions was a cup for drinking out of. One day he spotted a shepherd boy making a cup out of his hands to drink from a stream. Diogenes smashed his cup and ashamedly declared that a child had beaten him at plainness. It’s trivially easy to claim some principle as your own without making it one of your central tenents.Michael Ornellas2 min read