{"id":49728,"date":"2018-11-29T04:15:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T12:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=49728"},"modified":"2018-11-29T05:40:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T13:40:04","slug":"grandfather-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id49728-grandfather-says.html","title":{"rendered":"Grandfather Says: A Quick Thought on Hubris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_43685\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/grandfather.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43685\" class=\"wp-image-43685\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/grandfather-758x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/grandfather-758x1024.jpg 758w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/grandfather-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/grandfather-768x1037.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/grandfather.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Original oil painting by: Grandfather&#8217;s wife<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Grandfather says all human institutions succumb to hubris, eventually.<\/p>\n<p>Grandfather says he thinks that&#8217;s not all bad, although he misses some of them as they excelled in their heyday.<\/p>\n<p>The NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini comes to mind. Hubris lay in Toscanini&#8217;s increasing dissatisfaction under NBC.<\/p>\n<p>New institutions arise to have their time and place in the sun and as usual with anything he can think of, there&#8217;s good and bad in the mix.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>About the Author: RD Blakeslee is an octogenarian from West Virginia who built his net worth by only investing in that which can be enjoyed during acquisition and throughout life, as opposed to papers in a drawer, like stocks and bonds. You can read more about him <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id22017-how-i-live-on-less-than-40000-annually-ralph-from-west-virginia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Photos: Courtesy of the Blakeslee Family<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grandfather says all human institutions succumb to hubris, eventually. 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