My fellow retards,
Pride is multi-functional. One the one hand you should take pride in your work. Accomplishment elicits powerful emotions. Humans have biological mechanisms to reward success and victory in conflict. The pursuit of this feeling drives humans time and again to excel and exceed. The hunger for it is as powerful as hunger for food or sex. This leads us to prides darker side.
Triumphant pride as displayed above by Mr. Bolt might come across as arrogant, especially near the bleeding edges of human achievement. Tom Brady, Mike Jordan, Jordan Peterson and Frank Crick all operate with a chip on their shoulder and a deeply held faith in themselves and their ability. Consider though, that this might come from a place of total humbling. The work each of those men put in to become who they were is a tacit admission “I am not enough. I do not deserve anything until I work for it”.
Pride unearned is a different thing. The worst human atrocities have always been inflicted by groups who believe themselves to know better, to deserve better, to *be* better than the other.
With this dark pride it is not enough to be you—to just be different and to enjoy it. When self-validation isn’t enough and the real world keeps you from being the special little soldier mommy said you were, there arises a need to put others down, to make sure society fits your little expectation of unachieved excellence.
Spun out enough times this turns into a culture of hatred, of branding the in and the out group, and of purity testing everyone so that the bullies know who to target first.
Do not fall for the trap. Be not a victim of pride, either your own or that of others. Know your own worth and grow it in a crucible of sweat and self-reflection. Stand out based on your actions, not your identity.
You deserve to be your own best work.
Phonon DAO has valuable work to be done, and all are welcome.
Tips to phonongod.eth will be invested in bounties that advance the Phonon project.
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Targets for the marketcap of PHONON DAO remain:
$1b by Q2 2022, $12b by EOY.
On the high end, $300b marketcap in 3 years.