48 Laws of Power - Page 2

On December 28 2010 09:14 I_Love_Bacon wrote:
I don't read his blog often anymore, but it's still worth checking out if you have time:
http://www.powerseductionandwar.com/

Always good stuff.

If you are really serious about power and discovering yourself, you'd rarely do better than reading Nietzsche

doesn't the entire idea of having rules go against rule 48 lol?

Machiavelli too!

In closing, I wanted to tell you about a dream I had a couple of months ago--I mean the kind of dream you have in your sleep. I dreamt that it was the year 2070 and that I was walking on the crowded streets of some city. People seemed oddly happy and there was a feeling of lightness in the air, as if something had really changed in the world and we had figured out a better way to live. What was most strange about this dream was that in the midst of it I was conscious of thinking back to the year 2010, so long ago. For some reason it occurred to me that that moment in time was some kind of turning point. That was when things began to right themselves, I told myself, but few people saw or understood this. If only we could have realized back then what was happening, where we were headed. How sad.

In the middle of this strange thought, I woke up. The dream and its intense mood stayed with me for quite some time. It made me think--this is clearly how it is in history. People never appreciate the moment they are living in. We can look back at all of the tumultuous, exciting periods in history with an air of nostalgia, but it's an illusion. Those in that moment have no such perspective and no such appreciation. If only we could now have that perspective and realize that we are living through one of the great transformational moments and that the old is finally dying away. I leave you with that thought. Thank you.