A Ferrari is just a car among other Ferraris
I probably don't sit down often and realise this, but I am quite grateful in life. I've been blessed with certain things in life, things that one might assume as commonplace and normal. However, a real look at the world and they're not as common and prevalent as one might believe them to be. When we step out of the bubble we were raised in, and actually open our eyes, our worldview can get shattered. Our perceptions of what's normal and commonplace, and what's rare and idiosyncratic, can get altered if we're willing to stare down into the abyss of the real world out there. I've always been a fan of numbers. I'll look at macroeconomic statistics, and I'm able to gauge how certain phenomena will play out in the real world. There are correlations, and then there are causalities, things that get measured via proxy variables if not the real ones. Every parent wants a bright child. I can't comment on how things are now. When I was a teenager in Ind...
