RODNEY HIDE: On Pride Versus Humility

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Mar 20, 2024
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A reflection from Rodney - or perhaps a rumination - which provides a chuckle or two along with some sombre observations.

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charlie.baycroft

Mar 25, 2024

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Hey Colin It took me a long time to understand the game we are all playing, whether we are understanding it or not. Fortunately, I learned early on that working for someone else was spending my life to make them richer because employees have to produce more than they are paid. I also figured out that it was better to have something to offer that others needed and valued instead of just selling the hours, days and years of your life for peanuts. Also, one has to earn more than one spends and then invest some of what is saved so that it works for you.

The real shock was understanding that what we call money isn't real because some people can just create…

Andy Espersen

Mar 21, 2024

The story goes that one Roman Emperor had a slave standing next to him as he was driving through an adoring crowd, whispering to him, "Remember you are mortal".

The old Greeks were forever aware of the dangers of "hubris" (q.v.). That is what Rodney Hide is here talking about - and how right he is.

We have the most cock-sure generation of politicians (and academics!) we have ever experienced in New Zealand. We need humble legislators. We need legislators like Rodney : humble, serene, doubting, thinking, philosophising legislators

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