There is more work in sustained leisure than laziness can think through.
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Freedom is having choices, but one has no choices without a state of indecision. Knowing the values of each option, eliminates all lower valued options. Who prefers freedom to knowledge of values?
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When gifts cost too much, independence was never cheaper. It is better to own half a loaf of bread than to gather up two loaves from someone else’s trail of breadcrumbs.

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