Slightly off. The potential differences exist already. You become royalty by creating connections between them that no one else has/can.
I read a little bit recently, purposing to be an account of Epstein's views on freedom. Essentially it suggested that he viewed his island as "the freest place on Earth" because there were no laws there. I found this rather notable, as it's really the polar opposite of my view on freedom: That we will always be bound by restrictions, be it social obligations, laws or natural forces, yet no matter what restricts you the real world has infinite depth and potential, so there will always be opportunities if you're open to them, no matter what your circumstances are.
Oh, and also relevant: If your perspective on freedom is focused on what is illegal elsewhere, you are limiting the scope of your opportunities for action substantially even before you begin to consider them.
Well the premise of his work does sound fascinating. Thanks for the tip!
>What heads?
The artificial powers which humans created, and thus can be corrupted by humans. The real world is a LOT bigger.
The funniest damn thing happened while we were just a bunch of quasi-innocent kids playing World of Warcraft. There was intense competition among the players to do absolutely anything they could to get ranked as the best. Cheats, exploits and even hacking the game were pretty much the ordinary tools of the trade as everyone kept trying to outdo those above them.
Then this fucking idiot right here found himself standing at the very top of the entire pile… with a hardcore extremist stance AGAINST cheats, exploits and such. I just loved what I was doing and sought to learn more about how it all worked. Everything else fell into place when the game was approached with that attitude.
People have been lied to about what it takes to succeed, and as a result they keep digging themselves deeper into the pit while imagining they're doing the opposite.
>you need exploits and cheats to win against others that don't.
Well no, that's the whole thing. My point is that those who cheated and exploited COULDN'T win against me. Probably my proudest moment was something nobody else witnessed, as I actually defeated a hacker one on one through entirely legitimate means.
Oh, one more very important document which I forgot to list earlier is the introductory letter from Copernicus to Pope Paul III, introducing his revolutionary work "De Revolutions", which explains in detail his opinion on the relationship between God, science and men. Within it he states explicitly the social forces which he sees as standing in the way of truth.
>Therefore I debated with myself for a long time whether to publish the volume which I wrote to prove the earth's motion or rather to follow the example of the Pythagoreans and certain others, who used to transmit philosophy's secrets only to kinsmen and friends, not in writing but by word of mouth, as is shown by Lysis' letter to Hipparchus. And they did so, it seems to me, not, as some suppose, because they were in some way jealous about their teachings, which would be spread around; on the contrary, they wanted the very beautiful thoughts attained by great men of deep devotion not to be ridiculed by those who are reluctant to exert themselves vigorously in any literary pursuit unless it is lucrative; or if they are stimulated to the nonacquisitive study of philosophy by the exhortation and example of others, yet because of their dullness of mind they play the same part among philosophers as drones among bees. When I weighed these considerations, the scorn which I had reason to fear on account of the novelty and unconventionality of my opinion almost induced me to abandon completely the work which I had undertaken.