Four hundred years ago, the people Andreessen imagines were blissfully unselfconscious were reading Augustine and Montaigne and arguing about Stoic philosophy. They were writing diaries and letters that examined their own motives with considerable care. They were not, in fact, just moving forward without asking where they were going.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/marc-andreessen-is-wrong-about-introspection/
@Daojoan “[Andreessen] summarised his own approach to life thus: ‘Move forward. Go.’”
- Marc Andreessen interview, quoted in post
“Irrationalism also depends on the cult of action for action’s sake. Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.”
- Umberto Eco’s “Ur-Fascism”
»Irrationalism also depends on the cult of action for action’s sake.«
https://libcom.org/library/eternal-fascism-fourteen-ways-looking-blackshirt
Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt - Umberto Eco
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