The Polythróna with Hadrian Archo

Originally written: 6/20/2016 Side note: At the time, I was doing my first reading of “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius. To preserve the original text in my notebook. I will include it in this transcription of the original text. Book 11; 18, X, On behavior And one more thing from Apollo, That to expect bad people not to injure others is crazy. It’s to ask the impossible. And to let them behave like that to other people but expect them to exempt you is arrogant – the act of a tyrant. Why bother making anything on your own if you can just buy it? A question asked of me today, and as a response: I say, why not? Crafting something in this day and age is now uncommon in a society that thrives on consumption. To consume is easy, to build is hard. To walk to the store, pick up your item, and then hand money over to pay for it takes minutes. To think, design, build, fail, build again, and succeed takes time and effort that simply can’t be done by shopping. Even without the spiel ...