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I saw a drone picture today of an apparently un-contacted Amazon tribe’s settlement, and all I could think is why am I looking at this? For god’s sake, get the drone out of there and never send it back.

Also, that is an amazing factoid about the metric system.

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Feb 1, 2023·edited Feb 1, 2023Liked by Thomas Pluck

No gods, no kings, no heroes.

As the saying goes, the graveyards are filled with "indispensable" men. It would be nice if more "indispensable" men had their replaceability pointed out to them during their lifetimes. Good to see Weinstein get his, if decades too late. Take a bow, Courtney Love.

I've never had a hero, either political or otherwise. Sure, I admire certain people, but when asked "Who are your heroes?" I struggle to answer because there's no one I want to be or follow, even to entirely emulate. Jonas Salk and Rachel Carson seem like good role models, but surely they could be jerks at times to people near them, too, right? Would you want either over for tea? I don't know. It is easier to admire the dead, and usually safer. The living have a way of surprising us.

I sometimes wonder if the need to supplicate oneself to a god or leader or other "alpha" (to use the popular term, vulgar as it is) is somehow genetic, since there seems to be a big overlap between those who fawn over presidents, gods, billionaires, and quarterbacks. Maybe it's cultural? Hard to say. But focus on any one person's legacy, talent, or infallibility will always let you down.

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