Joe Mason (joenotcharles) wrote,

In Soviet Russia, Tao manages you!

I mentioned a while ago that I'm reading the Chuang-tzu. Well, today my boss posted an interesting observation on the Taoist advice to rulers. (I'm not sure whether he knows it's about that, but it wouldn't surprise me.)


And then one day, you notice that big parts of the world are doing exactly what you want without you nudging them first, and it starts to seem a little suspicious. Who, exactly, is the one being managed?


Hmm... I always wondered what the actual role of the Tao was in managing without acting.
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