A group of Masai warriors just ran the London marathon carrying massive leather shields, staffs and shoes made of old tires. I just ran 9 km in New Balance runners and Nike shorts and I'm stuffed.
Yesterday I was thinking about dumb people.
Given that these people exist, and seem to make up a good proportion of the world's population, how can we deal with them?
Here's my advice. You have to accept that they exist. Don't get disappointed every time you meet one in the street, see one on the news, or drive past one bashing another in the face in front of a pub you'd never go into. They are there, and they always will be.
Accept that you can't change all of these people. You probably can't even change more than one or two. People change incrementally, over many many years, and not much.
It is important for smart people and principled people to recognise how many dumb and unprincipled people there are running things: governments, companies, local sports clubs, families etc etc. It is important because smart and principled people need to start running things too, instead of just sitting around writing blogs, browsing new cafes and bars, and pondering things. Ok?
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