Gumption. I love this word but seems lost... maybe a revival is warranted? How would you fill in the blanks --> The Bitcoiner explores "gumption" (enthusiasm, initiative, and psychic energy needed for careful, high-quality work) and obstacles that drain it, known as "gumption traps." One key phenomenon is "stuckness"β€”the frustrating moment when you're completely blocked on a problem, like a __??__ on a __??__ that won't budge despite all your tools and knowledge. image TIP: The original from Prisig: "...like a seized bolt on a motorcycle.."
Can you recogonize this paraphrased passage? "...the knowledge taught by the Church of Reason, is the engine and all the boxcars. All of them and everything that's in them. If you subdivide the train into parts you will find no Romantic Knowledge anywhere." hint: circa ~ image
In school I always had difficulties remembering facts, data, lists of events: Was Cleopatra the girlfriend of Lincoln or Charlemagne or Caesar? I think this describes a lot of noster Bitcoiner's .