The Tragedy of the Commons, Stanford Prison Experiment, Milgram Experiment, and The Prophet

It's a fine line between conveying deep insights vs being overly mystical.

'The Prophet' by Kahlil Gibran is a quick read that maybe shouldn't be quick. It has a simple plot setup of a prophet answering questions to townsfolk he is about to leave and never see again. They ask him to speak on 26 topics and he delivers a short poetic response in reply. At times it does seem to hold a deeper wisdom but some of them seemed overly complicated and obtuse.

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(10:57) - Author & Extras

(14:45) - Summary

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