George_Weinberg2 comments on Something to Protect - Less Wrong

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Comment author: George_Weinberg2 01 February 2008 01:02:32AM 0 points [-]

For some reason this post reminds me of the Buddhist parable asceticsim now, nymphs later.

I don't think it's all that uncommon to begin cultivating an art for some specific purpose, proceed to cultivate it largely for its own sake, and eventually to abandon the original purpose.