for - economic system vs cultural change - hubris - The global economic system at play is bringing about - the sixth mass extinction and - unmitigated climate change - and we continue to tinker around the edges of altering its structure and dynamic in any significant way. - One could easily make the claim that - it is the global economic system that has the upper hand - and not our capacity for cultural change.

This passage dramatizes the religious consequences of Xerxes’ arrogance, he dares to “bind the holy Hellespont,” essentially engaging in sacrilegious overreach. The language frames his actions as both politically and theologically misguided. It underscores the religious politics at play. Greek cultural values pit mortal ambition against divine order. Translators emphasize this hubris differently some heighten the moral tone, others soften it. Annotation links divine justice to narrative tragedy.

Trump always getting out ahead of himself for the sake of PR and puffery. When will it spell out his end?

Was Icarus punished by the gods because he thought himself greater than them (Helios)?

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A reframing of what the story of the Tower of Babel means.

The moral of the Tower of Babel is to encourage power with rather than power over.

Techbro hubris

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