Saturday, December 27, 2008

When I opened the fortune cookie

That contained the new subtitle for le blog last night, I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe. Given current events, how appropriate, eh?

It reminded me of another phrase, one that's being tossed around a lot lately. "While the rich get richer, the poor get poorer." Generally accompanied by a fist shake in Warren Buffet's general direction. The question I pose to you is--based on the prophetic nugget above--while the smart get smarter, do the dumb get dumber?

Hmmmmm...

2 comments:

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Anonymous said...

EDIT: Wanted to extend the removed comment I did, so here 'tis.

A good query, and, in the spirit of Socrates:

Who are the wise?
Who are the smart?

I'd differentiate between the two by saying that the wise are actually living, and the smart are merely surviving. What if we say that the wise are those who take the initiative and the smart (and to a greater extent, the dumb...then again, is it then smart to be smart?) are those who do not?