Icarus. The original myth had two parts. Daedalus said to his son, ‘I fashioned these wings for you. Two rules. Don’t fly too high, or the sun will melt the wax. But, more important, son, don’t fly too low. Because if you fly too low, the water and the waves will surely weigh down the wings, and you will die.’ We’ve left out the second part of the myth. We don’t say to people anymore, ‘Don’t fly too low.’ All we do from the time they are 4 years old is warn them against hubris. We have created this industrially led structure that says: How dare you.
“
—

Seth Godin (via petrak)

flying too high melted his wings, yea, but it was the ocean that killed him in the end

(via xekstrin)
Reblogged 5 years ago from guardingafterdawn-deactivated20 (Originally from theglasschild)
154,753 notes
Source: theglasschild
  1. shortandbittersweet reblogged this from deabruarenjarraitzaileaya-ha
  2. deabruarenjarraitzaileaya-ha reblogged this from guiltybystanders
  3. musiclvr16 reblogged this from maidsuokasenpai
  4. guiltybystanders reblogged this from maidsuokasenpai
  5. maidsuokasenpai reblogged this from fly-out-of-window-hand-in-hand
  6. scribegirl94 reblogged this from turstrigo
  7. amkgal reblogged this from fly-out-of-window-hand-in-hand
  8. jack-nonetheless reblogged this from loser-viola
  9. fly-out-of-window-hand-in-hand reblogged this from mayflame15
  10. turstrigo reblogged this from mayflame15
  11. mayflame15 reblogged this from painthekiller
  12. lost-order-here reblogged this from sauropolis-princeps
  13. 00schasez reblogged this from megsleyy
  14. megsleyy reblogged this from loser-viola
  15. punkford reblogged this from dirtynutmeg
  16. sauropolis-princeps reblogged this from alternat1ive-milk
  17. the-0k-gatsby reblogged this from loser-viola
  18. dirtynutmeg reblogged this from galaxyhidenseeker
  19. loser-viola reblogged this from trickstercheshi
  20. take-me-to-fantastica reblogged this from painthekiller
  21. trickstercheshi reblogged this from geek-scientist
  22. orchear reblogged this from alternat1ive-milk
  23. theglasschild posted this