The weight of the crown

He workshopped the name with Gemini. His first label, the alpha theory, sounded like oppression, I’m stronger than you, so he renamed it for the burden instead: the weight of the crown. The observation underneath is one line, “a medida que se gana más responsabilidad, se pierde la juguetonería” ▸ 2:16.

The evidence starts at home. Thor, 99 in human years by the vet’s math and two weeks past the episode the vet wanted to end him over, is being rehabilitated with the things he loves, a tennis ball, a soccer ball to burst ▸ 4:50. Old is not the same as serious; Thor never carried a crown. The dogs that did look different: the viral pack video where a German shepherd twice everyone’s size rises and leaves in fear of a small, calm dog ▸ 8:38, the border collie that feels obligated to fetch a runaway dog back by the leash, taking initiative and giving an order ▸ 12:05, the parent dogs whose play stops being play and becomes teaching where the limits are ▸ 13:18. Julia’s contribution is the best specimen: at the Brazilian jaguar sanctuary channel she follows, a small elderly dog named Zabelé is respected by the jaguars themselves, many of whom arrived as cubs under her order ▸ 17:32.

la corona no te vuelve serio por gusto; te cobra la juguetonería como impuesto →

Then the extrapolation. The leaders of the biggest powers read as humorless because a head of state who talks loosely can start a war with one bad joke ▸ 15:02; the exceptions, an Obama, a Churchill, keep a measured dose of charisma inside the seriousness and are loved for it ▸ 15:22. And the inverse holds without judgment: the perpetually clownish are people who never acquired the responsibility, which is fine as long as no one gets hurt ▸ 16:21. The closing formula is stated like physics: responsibility and carefreeness, “inversamente proporcionales” ▸ 20:39…