if you're trying to slay Moloch in any realm other than the territory of the human heart, you're gonna fail over, and over
you might fail in interesting and scintillating ways -- but you're gonna fail
if you're trying to slay Moloch in any realm other than the territory of the human heart, you're gonna fail over, and over you might fail in interesting and scintillating ways -- but you're gonna fail
"My mind begins to seem like a video game: I can either play it intelligently, learning more in each round, or I can be killed in the same spot by the same monster, again and again."
Sam Harriss • Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
What’s particularly scary about Moloch is that he forces humans into coordination problems against their will. In a nuclear arms race, for example, most people would prefer that no one has nuclear weapons. But each nation is compelled to develop them if they want to hold onto their power. We can’t control Moloch because Moloch controls us. He’s wid... See more
Aaron Z. Lewis • Metaphors we believe by
I was unwilling to be trapped by something that looked successful on the outside, but felt like shit on the inside.
All That Remains
When you start off, you have to deal with the problems of failure. You need to be thickskinned, to learn that not every project will survive.