Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Non-Tech : Kirk's Market Thoughts -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kirk © who wrote (9170)	4/13/2020 12:48:18 PM
From: Joseph Silent	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27117

Let's look at society and the need for "greatness" in another way. You are right. Every human being needs opportunity to learn and grow and express and create. These are important. How we go about achieving this is also important. So ...... I look a little deeper. And then, again, a little deeper. How important is it to be "great" while doing any of this? We are all programmed to be "great" without spending a lot of time really understanding what this means. It is a lot like the word "proud" ..... which really has little or no meaning. People say "I am proud of ......" when there really is no reason to be proud. And this in the face of centuries of distilled wisdom in phrases like "Pride goes before a fall". Society gives us ways of understanding the contributions of people ..... what their lives are/were worth to their fellow men. So for example, when we look around us, our own values pick out different people as being crucial contributors (in the wholesome sense) to society. That selection will tell us a lot about who we are. Here for example is a story that I am willing to bet no one here has seen before. Spend a while and think about the contribution. Draw your own conclusions. This is the story of a man who contributed to one single thing. No one helped him. He had nothing to work with. But consider what he achieved in his life doing this for 20+ years. It is not just the material achievement but the model he has left the world with. The model is as important if not more important than the achievement. What strikes me ..... is that .... nowhere in his own vocabulary is one likely to find the word "great", or the thought that "I am great". This is what appeals to me about such models for life. goodnewsnetwork.org So then, true greatness has this ineffable quality. It does not know that it is great and it does not care. It simply is.