One day Socrates was busy in philosophical conversation with his disciples. The students were deeply absorbed in philosophical discussions.
After sometime,to his sheer surprise, Socrates noticed that his disciples became restless and were not paying attention to what he was saying. Socrates noticed that a beautiful woman was passing then and the beauty of that woman was the reason why all his students became restless and inattentive to their studies.

IN THOSE DAYS THERE WAS RESTRICTION ON WOMEN IN ATHENS TO COME OUT ON THE WAY AND A SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF THE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN MADE SUCH DISTRACTIONS.

Socrates realised that the woman was from any forbidden area as otherwise no one else would dare break the social restrictions.

The woman knew Socrates. She came near Socrates and told him :-

Look Socrates you are so very wise but still I can divert attention of your students towards me. I challenge, you cannot divert my followers towards your activities of learning.

Socrates told that woman very quietly---- 'Do you know the reason why you can easily do what I cannot do? '

Because You guide men downwards and I lift them up. It is always easier to go downward than going upwards.

This little story makes me think about the current world with so much frustration that there are so many things that are readymade to take you downward. And, unsurprisingly, you readily bow down to them and lose your integrity and character.

Yes, there were and there are still things like Bitcoin that can take you upwards but it's as difficult a task as it was in Socrates' times.

Bitcoin is an attempt to create an utopia but the distraction are so abundant that you can't avoid them.

I want thoughts from all of you -