The Viking left as soon as he arrived. No word of an explanation as to how or why. Like a ghost, he vanished. Enough of the voiciferous and otherwise tedious (yet ultimately pious, well-meaning, industrious and indeed successful) Viking.
I myself have been pre-occupied with getting a book published. It is a right bloody pain in the backside. Programming is so f-ing boring (compared to playing music or translating poetry or philosophy). However, it does present an opportunity to do something more than simply be a passive receiver of things. Almost all of the top 1% are programmers, and good ones (apart from the magnificent Warren Buffett). Bill, Jeff, Elon, they're all programmers, and good ones.
It is absolutely certain that the path of philosophy is the path of the pauper. Not only is this true in terms of philosophical outlook (not giving any mind to mere materialism), but also by its own admission. Socrates was a pauper, Diogenes the Cynic too. Apuleius, also, although endowed with a great inheritance, spanked all his cash up the wall and went travelling. Does anyone even read any more? Not many (most people are so lazy they listen to audio-books). Does anyone bother to try and unravel the wisdom of the ancients? Not likely. However, from my observation of the common herd, they are most often lazy, self indulgent and amuse themselves in a most shallow way. Stalin, is a perfectly excellent case-study of this very real fact. He spends all his day playing silly games. Most of the people I have met, as soon as they get home, play games. Therefore, rather than bother myself with the most unfruitful labours of philosophy, I ought to apply myself to making games. Not just any old games, but great ones. I used to be a gamer (before I grew up). Therefore I have a keen understanding of how they work.
Stalin. Today I said to him, "I have found an easy way for you to make money from your game design." (Stalin spends all his time designing games - when he is not playing them or watching other people play them). He dismissed my suggestion immediately. Why? Because it would mean that instead of just doing what he wants to do, he would actually have to work, study, and apply that study to something practical and useful. It would mean not only learning new things, but also having to deal with people in the outside world, artists, clients, business people. Stalin does not work well with others. He is not amicable. I, however, am. I work. I study. Moreover, I work and I study hard. I do what needs to be done. Stalin is bone idle. All the ideas he had have come to nothing because he does not study, he does not work, he does not get one well with others. He is a dictator (hence why I call him Stalin).
My game is all about magic. Well, one of them. (I have numerous ideas, all feasable, all doable, all potentially possible). Never mind poring over a bunch of bullshit that just means I am stuck in some dead end job for the rest of my life (holding two degrees in classical studies, no less...). In this country, you have to put your own work in. No one will do it for you. Books are old fashioned. Computer games are where it's at. Why? Because this is the Dark Age. Knowledge and wisdom mean nothing here, unless they can be applied to something fruitful. Writing, poetry, philosophy: these are the stuff that poor people do. Computer games, however, are more profitable, and precisely what I intend to apply myself to.
Max.
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