I’m sort of with Agnes (and Trout) here. There are plenty of good, “normal” people out there who make our everyday lives safe and (sort of) sane. We probably don’t celebrate them because they are the norm. Saints and inventors are the outliers. We need them too. But not so many that they are common. -———————————————-To sort of mangle Garrison Keillor. “Everybody can’t be above average.”
I’m sort of with Agnes (and Trout) here. There are plenty of good, “normal” people out there who make our everyday lives safe and (sort of) sane. We probably don’t celebrate them because they are the norm. Saints and inventors are the outliers. We need them too. But not so many that they are common. -———————————————-To sort of mangle Garrison Keillor. “Everybody can’t be above average.”