Knowledge for the Sake of Knowledge is Meaningless
Lessons from the Tao Te Ching — Verse 39
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2 min readOct 27, 2020
For years, I felt inferior, not as smart, not as intellectual as others.
When I finally made my way to university, I found my safe haven but it swelled my head. My endless pursuit of knowledge was essentially ego-validating, an attempt to know more than others and to stand out as being…