Tamir building on Alan Watts's distinction between taking life seriously and taking it sincerely.
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I didn't do it for you, Colin. I did it for myself.
I'm going to tell you two things, boy. Don't ever grow old. And don't wait for anything 'cause it's not coming.
Today's episode is about authenticity. That is to say, today's episode is about imperfections, the true hallmarks of beauty. These blemishes are insignia of the sublime.
The biggest problem is most legends are built on lies. It's somebody's fantasy of themselves that they promulgate.
All they end up doing is adding one veneer to the next veneer, adding one layer of masquerading to the next layer of masquerading.
Some new product comes along and you go, I thought of that 10 years ago. Yeah, but what did you do about it?