Hoskinson and the Quixotic Attitude
On August 22, Charles Hoskinson, in one of his classic live videos on Saturday night, the so-called Saturday Night Thoughts, declared something that I liked and that fully affects the Pool, the Operator and all its delegates, although obviously not It refers to us, many of us if we identify with that idea of chasing dreams at all costs. So here is his phrase, which was specifically:
“Be the crazy Don Quixote. He chases the windmills, changes the system “
Charles Hoskinson
This is not something that has special relevance per se, but I did want to share with you those seconds of the video of this pleasant coincidence between Hoskinson’s quixotic metaphor and similar ideas that came to mind when I thought about the name and the spirit for this project and its Stake Pool. This idea of Giant enemies, which are really La Mancha windmills, is something that I like as a metaphor, beyond the project, as a metaphor for life. It is something that I have engraved in my mind since I was little and that I have remembered many times throughout my life.
Here you have the magnificent quixotic seconds of Charles:
You can see the full video in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUHFEmcyEE8&t=3293s