“The greatest mistake of a doctor is to prescribe without knowledge; the greatest mistake of a society is to follow leaders who do the same.”

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   Shoq (shoq@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 08:26:48 JST Shoq

   We just keep following the words and ideas of the least capable among us. That really worries me. Maybe that’s always been society’s worst instinct, but I can’t help thinking that we’ve stopped innovating, and stopped progressing because the worst of us are now driving the bus, and capitalist commercial drivel has compelled too many to think that the fantasy drivel of the Marvel universe is real life. Will anyone remember or care about Shakespeare, Descarte, Baldwin, Dickenson, Mann, Twain, …