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{{a|devil|}}{{quote|“Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” | {{a|devil|}}{{quote|“Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” | ||
:—Westley, The Dread Pirate Roberts, ''The Princess Bride''}} | :—Westley, The Dread Pirate Roberts, ''The Princess Bride''}} | ||
Great mountains of electronic ink are spilt by [[digital prophet]]s, [[thought leader]]s and others of the gentler fabric who seem, these days, to be inheriting the earth — I guess the Bible said it would happen, so we shouldn’t be surprised — about the importance of | {{quote|''[[Aus der Kriegsschule des Lebens]]: Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker.'' — “From the military school of life: that which does not kill me, makes me stronger.” | ||
:—{{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}}, {{br|Götzen-Dämmerung}}}} | |||
Great mountains of electronic ink are spilt by [[digital prophet]]s, [[thought leader]]s and others of the gentler fabric who seem, these days, to be inheriting the earth — I guess the Bible said it would happen, so we shouldn’t be surprised — about the importance of spaces to vouchsafe psychological safety: we are, it seems, an uncommonly fragile lot, and the toxicity of banter. Our mental constitutions have been further enfeebled by [[Covid 19]], to the point where [[best practice]] is to serve written warning before clearing your throat, for fear of mortally wounding nearby workmates, unused to human proximity. | |||
But we can take these things a little far. humans are [[antifragile]] things: we react well to ''little'' shocks: they toughen us up. insulating ourselves from them makes us yet more prone to them. It wasn’t {{author|Nasim Nicholas Taleb}} who first make this connection by the way, but {{author|Friedreich Nietzsche}}. | |||