
… the promise of heaven as a reward for meek and humble behaviour in this life was a terrible waste. The earthly realm is our one shot at life and we must make the most of it. Self-overcoming — for whatever purpose we give ourselves — is the greater meaning of our lives. He …
Your passions will lead you to obstacles and resistance, but that, to Nietzsche, is a good thing. Overcoming resistance is gaining strength. Just as lifting weights build muscle, the problems we face when we follow our passions will make us grow and flourish as individuals.
…oldrums of city council meetings and other tedious business at the guts of a functioning democracy. One of the underappreciated assets of print as a medium is that, without granular data on individual ad performance, there was minimal tradeoff between what was good for readers and what was good for advertisers. In digital, to quote the pithy VC Paul Graham, ad-supported journalism means we get journalism targ…