I believe that there are a small number of people who are able to, as I call it, "straddle two worlds," and people like this fascinate me. Steve Jobs was famous

I believe that there are a small number of people who are able to, as I call it, "straddle two worlds," and people like this fascinate me. Steve Jobs was famous for bridging the divide between "technology" and "design." Benjamin Franklin embraced science and the Enlightenment while maintaining his grounding in traditional Puritan values. Fred Rogers came from a very privileged background (white, upper-class, Protestant, etc), but consistently advocated on behalf of the least fortunate (children, the handicapped, the marginalized; i.e., those at whom public television was originally aimed). He was an ordained minister who, in the course of seeking out how best to install values in children, based his program on the latest scientific research of the time. He was a television performer who was the same person, whether talking to small children, or testifying in front of Congress. He was, in his own way, traditional and progressive at the same time. Further reading and watching: Walking The Beat In Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood https://www.npr.org/2016/03/11/469846519/walking-the-beat-in-mr-rogers-neighborhood-where-a-new-day-began-together https://www.npr.org/2016/03/11/469846519/walking-the-beat-in... Mr. Rogers On Arsenio Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1geWczVpUbE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1geWczVpUbE http://neighborhoodarchive.com/ http://neighborhoodarchive.com/