Was reading and highlighting this article here and felt like I disagreed.
Nope, just like all my sabbaticals…. I gained clarity and perspective for 3 days. And bam, all back.
Just like my burnouts, all 4 of them. Right back on it in 3–4 years.
Yes we will ride some momentums, make some improvements, and probably will get to keep it for 50–75 years. But we’ll end up right where we are. Civilisation after civilisation. era after era, age after age.
As they say,
Great men bring good times
Good times bring weak men
Weak men bring bad times
Bad times bring great men
And someone quoted this poem from Rumi as a response:
“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you
Don’t go back to sleep!
You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep!
People are going back and forth
across the doorsill where the two worlds touch,
The door is round and open
Don’t go back to sleep!”
Originally posted as a response to this article on Medium.
