Reflection is not the evil. The evil is the state of reflection, and the stasis that comes with reflection.
It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.
世界是一团伟大的火焰，我们是其中的火花。
Grain farming is both an art and a science—requiring intuition as much as data.
真理是存在的无蔽。
