Gratitude and humility are two sides of the same coin.
If someone admits that they were successful because of outside circumstances [luck, God, call it what you will] then it follows that they admit that there’s something they are powerless over.
To put it another way, most of the folks at the top of Silicon Valley were born on thrid base and think they hit a triple.
Reconstruction worked, until the Compromise of 1876
They started defunding schools after Brown Vs. Board of Education
https://www.processhistory.org/american-education-after-brown/
[off topic?]
“Stand On Zanzibar” won the 1969 Hugo award for best science fiction novel of the year.
It’s set in the early 2000’s and got so many of the details right it’s uncanny. Some of the ideas that people in 1969 laughed at were mass homelessness; well paid folks needing room mates to make the rent; random school shootings, etc etc.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/stand-on-zanzibar-john-brunner/7252770?ean=9781250781222&next=t
If you like fantasy, try ‘Glory Road.’ It was written around 1965. A young Vietnam veteran gets recruited by a mysterious beauty and her cynical manservant on a quest to retrieve the stolen Egg of the Phoenix. Takes every fantasy trope and gleefully kicks it in the face.
Tanstaafl. There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch. That the phrase comes from the novel “The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress” by Robert Heinlein. Heinlein’s depiction of Luna is interesting, but he loads the dice in favor of a Libertarian society. Prison gangs were a thing when he wrote the book, which is something he brushes past. It is a very fun read, but a lot of people take it way too seriously.
I actually worked in public health.
There was one homeless person in particular. Nancy S had mental health issues, alcoholism, and seizures. She was a ‘frequent flier’ who came to the Emergency Room at least once a week, and sometimes more than once in a day. Conservatively, she cost the taxpayers $10 million. The time she jumped in the river and had police, EMS, and fire respond cost at least $100,000.
It would have been cheaper to give her a house and 24 hour aides, but that would have been ‘gaming the system.’
By that logic, fried eggs are the same as fried chicken
As an American I understand the concept of deep frying as a personal lifestyle choice.
I suppose the best analogy would be the difference between knowing horses were a thing and actually getting on a buking bronco.
I’m old enough to remember Sarah Palin freaking out and eating fried butter* because Obama made a speech where he said Americans should ‘eat their vegetables.’
*Deep fried butter is an actual thing that I, as an American, was unaware of.
Actually, the most logical thing is VR. Give folks full exoskeletons to mimic actual real world conditions and a five sense helmet.
Boring to look at from the outside.
Don’t go down the rabbit hole.
Next we’ll be trying to explain why they needed a garbage disposal on the Death Star.
[Two reasons. first, the builder was trying to slow things down so he threw in extraneous stuff. second, there were regulations about ships over a certain tonnage, because no one wants tons of trash falling onto their planet.
It reminds me of the 2016 claims that Trump was playing 4-D chess.
What about hydrogen plasma as hot as the surface of the sun, contained in a weightless force field? The 'balloon is simply a decorative wrapper? Remember, it’s the future year 2025!
Life Pro Tip.
Superheated hydrogen in a monomolecular unbreakable balloon.
LPT.
If you’re using a toy that big, the neighbors and the police already know what’s going on
Responding for a friend
It’s been debunked. But true in spirit.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-post-dow-impeachment/