Forget it, Nick, it's Chinatown.

What is the nature of the self in Daoism? How can the Dao help us understand Existentialism? What can Simone de Beauvoir tell us about the nature vengeance? Why is Schanke such an asshole? Do all Toronto gang members know Kung Fu? Tune in gentle listener...

不經一事，不長一智

(Wisdom comes with experience.)

Chinese idiom.

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