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Relax, I Get It

Relax, I Get It

Some notes on conspicuous consumption.

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Michael David Cobb Bowen
Nov 12, 2024
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One of the nice things about achieving what I have, self-possessed & obscure success, is that you don’t have to make a big deal out of yourself. The downside is when you have to explain how big a deal you actually are. If you didn’t know, my personal motto is Esse Quam Videri. It means ‘to be, rather than to seem’. It requires some genuine humility rath…

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