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The confidence that books the flight, then insults the pilot mid-air.

means Excessive pride or self-confidence that leads a person to overstep limits, ignore warnings, and invite their own downfall.

from From Greek hybris, a term originally tied to acts of violence, outrage, or public humiliation inflicted on others out of excessive pride — in Athenian law it could even mean a punishable offense against someone's dignity. In Greek tragedy it narrowed to mean the kind of overweening arrogance, especially defiance toward the gods, that drew down nemesis — divine retribution. The word passed into English through classical education, keeping that tragic shadow: hubris is never just confidence, it's confidence that has forgotten it's mortal.

origin
Greek word for insulting the gods on purpose
greek penalty
ancient tragedy always ended in nemesis, literally
classic case
Icarus owned wax wings and tested them anyway
modern form
ceo keynote right before the stock crashes
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