The Remarkable Fools Letter

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Jim Dalling
Jan 01, 2023
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Happy New Year everybody!

Happy seven hundredth newsletter. Thank you all for being here for the ride.

I am dedicating this year to the discovery and registration of Remarkable Fools.

Here at the foolsletter, we believe that each and every human is limited, imperfect and fundamentally foolish. We’re all idiots. Given that we’re all fools, we’re all silly, somewhat insane, ridiculous idiots, what makes a fool remarkable?

A Remarkable Fool is someone who is silly, stupid, ignorant and at times, insane, in a way that’s worthy of notice. I can hear the questions already: What kind of foolishness is worthy of notice?

We all have our own unique, delightful, personal, intimate way of being an idiot. Though idiocy is universal, we have a way that’s unique to us. What’s more, most of us live our lives as though we have toilet paper tucked into our pants. Though our stupidity is clear to the world and hilarious, we all have blind spots, ways that we are absolutely foolish that we can’t see. That’s…

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