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Cake day: July 29th, 2023

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  • Elder’s Melancholy certainly draws its inspiration from an engraving executed by Dürer on the same subject in 1514.

    A theme often examined in art works since antiquity, melancholy, or melancholia, derives from the medical theory of four humours, whereby disease or ailments were thought to be caused by an imbalance in one or another of the four basic bodily fluids, or humours. In contrast to its negative connotations during the Middle Ages, this condition was equated during the Renaissance with the artistic temperament. In fact, many considered melancholy to be the catalyst for all artistic creation. Cranach makes use of Dürer’s motifs, but transposes them to illustrate one of Martin Luther’s sermons, which aimed to denounce this ailment as an indication that the afflicted individual was under the influence of Satan. Drink and nourishment were essential to counteract its effects.

    https://www.musee-unterlinden.com/en/oeuvres/melancholy/













  • I get where you’re coming from but is he managing his risk or not?

    Does he understand the risk? If yes, good. No? Bad.

    Is he ignoring the risk? If yes, bad. No? Good.

    Is he weighing the risks against the benefits he receives of using these apps and taking appropriate steps to mitigate those risks? If yes, then good. No? Bad.

    Cyber security isn’t “lock everything down at all costs”. Otherwise I would insist you throw your phone in an incinerator along with all your computers, live in a bunker reinforced against nuclear attack with a small army to guard you, never leave it, never talk to anyone… Etc.

    It is enabling one to achieve their goals with a tolerable amount of risk. That level of tolerable risk is different for everyone.