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by pjc50 4269 days ago
What do you mean by "exalt the wrong people"? People like weev?
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions. -- Marcus Aurelius
That sounds bleak.
Not really. Ambition is like a bottle for your consciousness. It is the container. As your ambitions expands so does your mind.

If your ambition is to troll someone, that is your maximum value. I think if you look deeply many will realize that this is not the value they want. I believe that they can dream of something greater then to harass someone online.

If anything it is reminder to avoid being trivial. Ambition leads action. This cycle is who you are. It is beautiful self awareness.

I think we're talking about different kinds of ambition.
This is what I mean by ambition.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ambition

This comes off as very condescending.