Re:I assume I’m below average (2010)
by _carbyau_ on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @09:36PM
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I agree with your last paragraph.
There is a value in "seeing the good in others". But we tend not to see it unless it benefits us.
I also think the effort to see it - mostly time and patience - is less forthcoming nowadays. Whether it is the rush of life. Or disposable society meaning craft/repair skills are less valued so it isn't worth the time to get to know "elderly appliance repair person". Or the polarisation of debate and views of people.
But yeah, I try to hold that every stranger has some cool/good/great thing that I can't compete with. There are a zillion things in the world.
The chances that MY one or two cool things overlap with theirs is minimal.
But their cool thing - whatever it is - is still cool.
There is a value in "seeing the good in others". But we tend not to see it unless it benefits us.
I also think the effort to see it - mostly time and patience - is less forthcoming nowadays. Whether it is the rush of life. Or disposable society meaning craft/repair skills are less valued so it isn't worth the time to get to know "elderly appliance repair person". Or the polarisation of debate and views of people.
But yeah, I try to hold that every stranger has some cool/good/great thing that I can't compete with. There are a zillion things in the world.
The chances that MY one or two cool things overlap with theirs is minimal. But their cool thing - whatever it is - is still cool.