Even just one additional qualifier would go a long way to disambiguate the community opinion.

Reply with the facts as you understand them.

The Stoic thought process would simply reject the exceptionalism of Man and the maxim naturally follows without recourse to a higher entity.

After all, we do observe that all other life forms seem to have just enough time to do their thing. And when we speak of "properly" (or "wisely"), naturally it is only meaningful given that we have the ability to make choices. (c.f. "to thine own self be true")

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That's character, and based on lingual evidence alone (which I'll take to be a summation of collective knowledge) "the development of character" is very much an individual endeavor.

Is that a reasonable generalization?

Here is a case where divergence between the model and "reality" would be catastrophic: http://www.fastcompany.com/node/28121/print

I'm also interested in exactly how one would apply an iterative cycle of implement->test->formalize to this category of software? (Ooops. There goes the rocket! Back to the keyboard!)

http://prateekthapar.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/6.j...

"You are an anonymous student who is now regretting the send button on his laptop. It’s with this context I hope you register pause…REAL pause xxxx and take to heart what I am about to tell you [...]"

To me that's the subtext of this object lesson by the ex-"Muffketeer". Let me paraphrase: "I didn't know you before, and the event was forgetful. Not any more. That was stupid, and you need to learn so you won't make that mistake again."

Getting a good job, working long hours, keeping your skills relevant, navigating the politics of an organization, finding a live/work balance…these are all really hard, xxxx. In contrast, respecting institutions, having manners, demonstrating a level of humility…these are all (relatively) easy. Get the easy stuff right xxxx. In and of themselves they will not make you successful. However, not possessing them will hold you back and you will not achieve your potential which, by virtue of you being admitted to Stern, you must have in spades. It’s not too late xxxx…"

Now that is an honest to goodness teacher. xxxx is quite fortunate. She/he may or not may recognize this now, but that letter was such a huge favor.

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How about this as an alternative:

Modify the plugin to route the GETs for the ad content through an anonymizer server.

'I suggest' you consider Geek vs Nerd (or even more generally avant-garde vs outlier) to recognize that the antagonism is internal.

We shouldn't have to beg to have our rights (back). Just remember how you got those rights in the first place.

(Remember fascism means the union of the corporate and the state. Egomaniacs in funny uniforms and goose stepping is optional.)

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