Horological Meandering

patrick_y
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Over the years...

Over the years... I've seen unkind people do amazingly good things. And I realize that while it's easy to judge someone for something we interpret they did as "unkind" at the time. None of us are perfect. I may be a shrewd person in one aspect of business that makes me look like an aggressive individual. But at the same time I may be an extremely philanthropic person in some other aspect. Most of us can be hypocrites at times, no matter how gentlemanly we try to be. We are all human. I once had a dinner with some very intelligent and well read individuals where we discussed the topic of exclusivity and how talented people are brought down; one was even an anthropology expert, and we discussed if there was a single flaw that would admonish even a great man's work. Society has definitely harshly penalized certain people whom were very talented except for a single major character flaw (think Weinstein and Cosby) and how society demonizes certain people for certain things. Overall, it was a long conversation about what society values, media portrayals, and more. It was definitely an enlightening conversation and I'm afraid I can't post too much about it here (I don't want to sound political) but I learned a lot and it definitely opened my eyes! I think the moral we mostly agreed on is: don't put anyone on a pedestal because of their accomplishments and don't necessarily put anyone in the doghouse because of their sins.