Censure yourself, never another. Do not discuss right and wrong.
-- Zengetsu
When I first saw this, I had a negative gut reaction. The second
sentence especially bothered me. Over time, I’ve come to like it more.
I’m now at the point of wanting to follow it but usually failing to do
so.
Discussions here on akrasia seem to focus on procrastination, but
this is my own very close number two.
That quote touches a sore spot on me due to the recent death of Erik Naggum. He was a controversial figure, and I find myself struggling to refrain from discussing whether he was right or wrong; discussions that are certain to turn into time consuming quarrels. It seems like an important struggle because his premature death emphasises that life is too short for quarrelling on the internet.
Life may be too short for quarrelling on the Internet; but I know I derived much more value from his writings than I may’ve from whatever he did in the Norwegian oil industry.
When I first saw this, I had a negative gut reaction. The second sentence especially bothered me. Over time, I’ve come to like it more. I’m now at the point of wanting to follow it but usually failing to do so.
Discussions here on akrasia seem to focus on procrastination, but this is my own very close number two.
That quote touches a sore spot on me due to the recent death of Erik Naggum. He was a controversial figure, and I find myself struggling to refrain from discussing whether he was right or wrong; discussions that are certain to turn into time consuming quarrels. It seems like an important struggle because his premature death emphasises that life is too short for quarrelling on the internet.
Life may be too short for quarrelling on the Internet; but I know I derived much more value from his writings than I may’ve from whatever he did in the Norwegian oil industry.