Ben Franklin, who knew a little about building from scratch, once counseled that there are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond and to know one's self. It was his take on a line from Plato, who heard it in Socrates' sixth-period history class. Ever since, philosophers have debated the meaning of "know thyself," though it seems fairly clear.
Shame on Jon Daniels if he doesn't know his team at the trade deadline, and if he doesn't start his best rebuild since sending Mark Teixeira to Atlanta.
Only a couple of weeks ago, Daniels might have seemed as conflicted as the rest of us.