PART FOUR — The Counter-Argument and the Builder's Ethic
Chapter 15
The Boulder, the Believer, and the Beaver
Page 1 · The Boulder
There are three ways to stand in the river.
The first is the Boulder. This is Han's position, and it commands a kind of nobility. The Boulder resists by existing. It holds its ground. The water breaks around it, and for a time the Boulder seems to prove that the current has no authority. The river is not your friend. It cannot be negotiated with. Your only honest response is to refuse it. Do not build in the water. Do not profit from the flow.
Stand still.
There is something I respect in this, because I have been the Boulder. I have held positions against the consensus for most of my career. I have known the kind of moral clarity that comes from refusal. The clean lines of it. The simplicity of knowing which side you