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On myth

Myth vs Opinion

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Richard L. Johnson
Sep 07, 2020
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The value of a thing sometimes lies not in what one attains with it, but in what one pays for it - what it costs us. - Nietzsche

We no longer discover wisdom embodied in ancient myth for guidance. Myths are Lindy in the sense that the longer they have been around the longer we can expect for them to persist. Myths were historically passed from generation…

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