Saturday, May 9, 2026

Home Team? Or Visitors? Who Do YOU Root FOR?

...I Root for the Advertisers!  Viewers are Just Manipulable Mugs.

from Google AI:
According to a story often told to illustrate the views of Socrates or Pythagoras, there are three main types of people at the Olympic Games (or life in general), categorized by their motivations: those who compete for fame, those who trade for profit, and the philosophers who come to observe and understand the truth. [1, 2] 
  • Lovers of Gain/  Trade (The Merchants): Those who come to the fair for commerce, profit, and to buy and sell.
  • Lovers of Honor (The Athletes): Those who compete in the games to win fame, glory, and accolades. 
  • Lovers of Wisdom (The Spectators/ Philosophers): The highest group, who do not seek profit or applause, but attend solely to observe the spectacle and seek knowledge and truth, which corresponds to the philosophical life. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
This analogy distinguishes between a vulgar life focused on gain or fame and the intellectual life focused on contemplation and wisdom.

I know... How Vulgar! 

4 comments:

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

Where is the video where Sears apologizes for supporting Donald trump? Tucker said he is still a White Supremacist who strongly supports Putin, but no longer donald trump. But only because of the war on Iran. Every other crappy and fascist thing trump does he still supports, I assume.

Did JP offer an "apology"? Perhaps, "I'm still the incredibly transphobic a-hole you love, I just don't like this war on Iran"???

JP is also on a "hero's journey"?

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

Minus: I Root for the Advertisers!

How much BiOptimizers product did you order?

Joe Conservative said...

I root for them, I didn't say that I supported them. I hope JP sold a LOT of BiOptimizers...

Joe Conservative said...

He already did, didn't he?