Chapter 9 of the Dao de Jing - Minecraft Morning Musings - 道德經

This video is the fifth in my Minecraft Morning Musings series, in which I sail eastward while talking about philosophy. I'm starting with the Dao de Jing (Tao te Ching). You can find public domain copies all over the internet, but in this video is specifically reference the public domain translation by James Legge.

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[plscks]

Nice job Joe. I enjoy your philosophical branch here. This series has brought you from "very amusing minecraft LPer" to "truly intellectual person that happens to have a very entertaining minecraft LP". Anyways, good job and I hope you keep this series running even after you find your next adventure map!

[0hushpiper0]

To clarify: Status symbols advertise the fact that you have something valuable--status, money, skills, expensive electronics, a really sexy sports car. You probably have good reasons for having these things, but "the PRIDE of wealth and position brings about its own misfortune." There is nothing important that you gain by flaunting your prosperity. Middle management wear tailored suits and talk about how important they are; the CEO wears flip flops. Who's the one with the power here?

[0hushpiper0]

Every once and a while, I hang out on megachan's /cy/, a sfw cyberpunk imageboard, which is interesting due to the number of people there who live homeless or off the grid by choice. In one thread there was a questionnaire on cyberpunk fashion with this question: "Do you look like shit to protect your gear?" That fancy laptop case with the decals and all is a great status symbol--but it makes you vulnerable, and doesn't actually give you anything practical to make up for that vulnerability.

[suemeejim715]

What RFW will you be doing next

[Infantry12345]

Personally, I don't know if I like the Dao de Jing. I'll still watch your videos, but I'd prefer it if you talked about other philosophies.

[kaimialana]

Nice to listen to this right before work when I get up in the morning.

[Jakub7thst]

........ Joe istill dont now whatthe Da De Jing

[12345snape]

Joe, do you wake up REALLY early to do this, or do you do it the day before. Which is it?