Plato wrote in his "The Republic" Each member of a society ought to do what they are best at and be alleviated from responsibility of those things they are not good at, which can be done by others. I often wonder what kind of world this philosphy would create. How would it be, if Johnny started school in the fifth grade, past his olderer sister in the second? I think right now, capitolism and free enterprise tries to allow us to find our own levels in society. And I wonder how well that is working. To me, the levels we find still seem to be determined by wealth and locations that present opportunity; and not merit. Brilliant minds are rarely discovered in Podunk and feeble minds often have highly financed degrees.
Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:08:00 AM, From: jim, To: Wisdom