Random Building Thoughts - 2021-07-03

 

-------------- CORRUPTION --------------  

Greater than the demands 

of time, morality and even impending death, 

Social Pressure is one of the greatest 

corrupting influences to a Man's Integrity. 

 

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If you Invested the Time 

to Chip Away at your Ashlar, 

What Would you Find? 

Better Yet, 

Who Would you Find?

-------------- ALLEGORY--------------  

 

 

Truth is Inventory; 

Wisdom is Prudent Application 

of Truth.

 

-------------- LET GO! --------------  

 

 

But... but... but... 

what would we do

 in Lodge?!?!?!?

 

-------------- EARNED! --------------   

 

 

(Hat tip to Bro Garry Paxinos!)

 

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"A good scare

 is worth more to a man 

than good advice."

-- E.W. HOWE

 

  -------------- GREATNESS -------------- 

 

"Man’s greatness

 lies in his 

power of thought."

-- Blaise Pascal

 

-------------- ZERO --------------  

"Who knew an animated video about nothing, like this one from the Royal Institution, could be so much fun, Seinfeld notwithstanding? Actually, nothing is just what some of us thought zero was—it turns out it’s a lot more.

"Zero’s a relatively recent arrival in the number club. There wasn’t much use for it when mathematics began as a rudimentary system of counting objects. It was during the 7^th century in India that zero was finally created by Brahmagupta. Prior to that, Indian mathematicians had used a small dot to show the absence of a digit within a larger number. When the Indian numerical system spread east, and then west, into the Arabian peninsula, zero traveled along.

"And there it stopped, as Europeans opposed the Hindu/Arabic number system—being committed already to Roman numerals. Eventually, though, math superstars like Fibonacci endorsed the system, and it was finally adopted in western culture.

"As math evolved, zero became fundamental to calculus, which allowed mathematicians to divide and divide, approaching close to—but never quite reaching—zero itself.

"And now, of course, all of our computer-based devices use binary numbers: 0 and 1, making zero arguably one of the two most important numbers in the world today.

"The animated video above tells the full, fascinating story of the number that represents, quite literally, nothing and everything."

(SOURCE: https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/06/an-animated-history-of-the-number-zero-video.html)

-------------- CHARACTER --------------  

 

-------------- MYTH --------------  

 

 

“We save the world by being alive ourselves.”
― Joseph Campbell

 

-------------- DIVEST! --------------  

 

 

-------------- GET REAL! --------------  

 

 

Okay, this is a keeper. 

 No hype. No fluff. No overselling. 

Just real "down to earth" information.*

(Hat tip to Brother Joseph Jackson 

 for the heads up on this clip.)

* I only have one critical observation due to my hearing challenges: 

The background music comes too much to the foreground at times 

and drowns out some of the words. 

 I sure wish they did a better job mixing the audio.

 

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