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2026-10-03 17:32:55 UTC

abadidea on Nostr: them: you need to read the Great Conversation of western civilization me: okay fine, ...

them: you need to read the Great Conversation of western civilization

me: okay fine, hit me with your best shot

the first chapter in a book dedicated to the best excerpts of the Great Conversation: Change is inherently evil. If children play a game with different rules than their forefathers, civilization is basically already over. Music that I, Plato wearing a character mask, don't like should literally be illegal. Also, you don't actually need to sleep. Just sleep less, every night forever. Civilization will be great if everyone's sleep-deprived and overworked

me: 😩

this same passage, somehow: also women's rights. go Amazons

me: why did the Great Men of Western Civilization adopt everything from this chapter of Plato EXCEPT that one