Wanting to appear wise, thoughtful, and possessed of virtuous character paradoxically seems to lead people straight into a specific attractor of unwise, thoughtless, vices. 🤔

I’m not perverse enough to prefer open degeneracy instead, but the posture I trust most is a sort of battered, derelict, unsteady virtue

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When I moved to Taiwan my in laws complimented my thrift for not having too much stuff. When back in the U.S. my mom said my worn shoes made me look homeless 😂

"tell me your favourite Greek philosopher without telling me your favourite Greek philosopher" (diogenes)

really like this framing, especially the battered part