Book one of Plato's Republic led to my lightbulb moment: witness Socrates's lilt of annoyance at Thrasymachus's behavior, which is not too far from what is bein

Book one of Plato's Republic led to my lightbulb moment: witness Socrates's lilt of annoyance at Thrasymachus's behavior, which is not too far from what is being described here. People have not changed fundamentally in the last 2,500 years. Reading that amused me to no end. Plato is how I was able to make peace with the legions of Internet message-board nerds. (And observe in myself the traits of a troll, at times.) > no one is ever a troll involuntarily or by accident, but only an idiot who has posted in the wrong thread. Then again -- was Thrasymachus just "posting in the wrong thread?" The second lightbulb moment was reading some of Antonin Scalia's judicial opinions. My approximate train of thought: "Whait, am I actually reading this? This is like something I'd downvote on Hacker News. Well, justices are temperamental and opinionated people too, just like the rest of us..." RIP.