I’m always amazed at how backwards a lot of things in life are. For example, “knowledge workers” often times get paid tons of money to sit inside all day, work with paper or computers, or do complex math and that sort of thing. They put in a few hard years at college, but for the most part their jobs are pretty easy for them (unless they’re making it more difficult than they have to).. Basically they happen to be good at something that the majority of the human population isn’t good at. If everyone was great at calculus then being an engineer wouldn’t be such a prestigious title.
And then you have everyone else, who is struggling severely to make a living.. They perform manual labor, they sweat and bust their backs all day.. They have work that is actually hard, in that its hard on them.
If you were fortunate enough to be born with intelligence, and were fortunate enough to have an upbringing that allowed/encouraged you to pursue knowledge-based work that allows you to live comfortably, do you feel entitled to it? Do you think you deserve it more than anyone else? Or do you realize how stupid lucky you are.