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I live life by the following words: "If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room"
by latentdeepspace 6y ago
I live life by the following words:
"If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room"
- sergiosgc 6y agoI disagree so much with this popular motto that I have difficulty putting it into words. It reeks of egoism. Please, please replace it with: "If you are the smartest person in the room, teach until you no longer are."
- kittko 6y agoThank you so much for rephrasing that terrible original motto, it always has bothered me as well.
- scoutt 6y agoIt's nice but one cannot always teach people to be smarter. You can distribute knowledge, but that's a different thing.
- narag 6y agoIt reeks of egoism. Or sarcasm.
- doctor_eval 6y agoFunny, I always took it to mean that you’re in a room by yourself.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoNah. Teaching doesn't make people smarter. Challenging yourself does. There's a fundamental divide between those that think the best of us are only here to help the less fortunate. And those that think, the best of us should be out there expanding the frontiers. Especially since the 'less fortunate' sometimes can be that way by laziness.
- sergiosgc 6y agoThere is a fundamental divide, but it's not the one you draw. The fundamental divide is between those that view life as a solo race and those that think of it is a group endeavor.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoAnd more that those of course. So its not all ego; its a different outlook. We're not all born teachers.
- GoblinSlayer 6y agoDamn, this whole world is wrong.