Why isn't Putin taking up painting instead of killing / by Mirena Rhee

I get it, an aging dictator realizing they are less and less significant in the world and just nobody cares and they could be deposed or dismissed at a moment's notice. History is just like that.

Well he's killing for the same reason that kids in high school kill their classmates and kids in neighborhoods kill their neighbors - instant significance.

When you attempt instant significance via a weapon you become master of the world in an instant without any toil without learning without creating anything. Destruction is much easier than creation - it's the laws of thermodynamics. In creating you have to toil you have to bust your butt you have to try really hard and then you get two people to like it. With a weapon you're the master of someone's world without doing anything other than holding a weapon.

How do I fix this I don't know maybe art education for one, so people have an outlet and a vision for creative life.

This is what I want to do with my life I want to show people the creative life the big bang side of the universe where things get made out of nothing and just because it’s awesome.