Pain as Resource: Cui bono?
“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.” [kierkegaard]
THE POET PROCLAIMS HIS RENOWN
The span of heaven measures my glory.
Libraries in the East vie for my works.
Emirs seek me, to fill my mouth with gold.
The angels know my latest lyrics by heart.
The tools I work with are pain and humiliation.
Would that I had been born dead.
–from The Divan of Abulcasim el Hadrami (twelfth century)
[Borges]
https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/10/the-cities-suing-big-pharma-over-opioids/542484/