Reminds me of a bit from an article I enjoy. https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/08/13/ask-andrew-w-k-whats-this-partying-thing/ https://www.villagevoice.com/201

Reminds me of a bit from an article I enjoy. https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/08/13/ask-andrew-w-k-whats-this-partying-thing/ https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/08/13/ask-andrew-w-k-whats... It seems to me that people often equate intelligence with seriousness, and stupidity with playfulness. These people also tend to overvalue a sort of stoic distance and lack of excitement and enthusiasm as somehow being a sign of wisdom and advanced thinking. An austere and somber attitude doesn’t make someone smarter or more intellectual. Sometimes people are overly serious because they’re afraid of looking unkempt, unimportant, uneducated — they fear they’ll “make a fool out of themselves” if they don’t remain dour and stiff. In my opinion, if more people aspired to the level of life-mastery and self-actualization that a true fool has attained, there’d be much less conflict in the world.