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If everyone exceeds to their full potential, then those with greater potential will see greater success. That seems problematic to you, but what are the altern
by Crito 13y ago
If everyone exceeds to their full potential, then those with greater potential will see greater success. That seems problematic to you, but what are the alternatives?
Those with less potential exceeding beyond there potential is nonsensical. If that happens, it only means that you incorrectly estimated their potential in the first place.
Alternatively if we limit success such that those with the most potential can never realize the full extent of their potential, how is that fair? Those people only get one life, you should not deprive them of their ability to live it to their fullest.
- ericd 13y agoI've always liked this quote from Enemy at the Gates (set in the USSR during WW2): I've been such a fool, Vassili. Man will always be a man. There is no new man. We tried so hard to create a society that was equal, where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbour. But there's always something to envy. A smile, a friendship, something you don't have and want to appropriate. In this world, even a Soviet one, there will always be rich and poor. Rich in gifts, poor in gifts. Rich in love, poor in love.