On Freedom
The purpose of freedom is to share it with / spread it to those who need it most. OJP Minesweeper
The function of freedom is to free someone else. – Toni Morrison
To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. – Nelson Mandela
It is literally true you that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others succeed. – Napoleon Hill
That which isn’t good for the hive, isn’t good for the bee. – Marcus Aurelius
(again it’s not a thing, it’s an act - think of Alan Watts or Ram Dass on noun vs verbs)
…Build a longer table.
THINK: Sonic the Hedgehog
Gratis vs libre https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre
GNU free as in beer vs free as in speech https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html
The most important measure of success is not status, power, or wealth. It’s how much freedom you have—and how much freedom you give.
Choosing how to spend your time and share your ideas is a right. Using your resources to help others gain that right is a responsibility.
– Adam Grant
“I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but recieved no answer until I prayed with my legs.” – Frederick Douglass
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish theologian
Freedom comes with Wisdom, same, independence
“The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.” – James A. Garfield
… But only for as long as you’re holding on to falsehood.
Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.”
Freedom isnt secured by filling up your heart’s desire but by removing your desire. – Epictetus
Freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast.
Viktor E. Frankl
^ Consider this as it relates to Robin Wall Kimmerer on gifts, reciprocity, responsibility
“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal, a freely chosen task. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.” ― Viktor Frankl
“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” ― Søren Kierkegaard , The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Orienting Deliberation on the Dogmatic Issue of Hereditary Sin