the assignment of prices by the invisible hand of the market reveals how we value certain things in relation to other things. This unveiling is quite amusing some times, harrowing in other occasions.
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a sword is perpetually suspended over our head. We dread our very guards, we distrust our companions.
the guiding principle has been, and will continue to be, to seek knowledge and beauty in books that have been tested by time. Exceptions are granted in areas of technical knowledge (e.g., physics, computer science)
The sea engulfed a sailor in its depths. Unaware, his mother goes and lights a tall candle before the ikon of our Lady
But if we reorient our view from the survival machine's to that of the gene, then it makes perfect sense that some molecules do not code for anything.
Our bodies weaken, our minds become more contemplative. At first, we try to reverse the makings of time. We then hope to avoid them, but it's a futile enterprise. Our running pace declines and no matter what we change in our training regime