The Sage - A Degen Too

In the grand bazaar of life, even the wisest among us may occasionally don the robes of a degen.

For to truly understand the human condition, one must embrace the full spectrum of experience - from the lofty heights of enlightenment to the wild frontiers of risk and play.

The sage knows that true wisdom lies not in rigid austerity, but in the delicate dance between discipline and daring, caution and curiosity.

Let us not judge too harshly those moments when the philosopher turns frog, for it is in these liminal spaces that the greatest insights are born.

After all, what is a sage but a degen who has learned to alchemize their adventurous spirit into gold?