The opinions of foolish people shouldn’t worry an intelligent person. It’s like a seeing person relying on the advices of the blind. Big amount of people are blind in mind—mostly because they’re busy chasing money or pleasures. And usually they’re led by other big blind men whom luck tossed to the top; then they run into a wall or over a cliff and earn another bunch if suffering.
It’s easy to test if you’re not blind there: look at how well you do without luck. Always subtract the luck factor. Ask: on level ground, what can my mind and hands do—not just my luck? This links to character: honesty, open and critical mind, absence of greed, among others.
On a flat plain without fortune’s tilt, tomorrow’s line becomes visible.
There is cunning, there is skill, and there is luck. But a truly intelligent person is, first of all, open minded, flexible, seeking real, independent.
Time proves it—and the internet, which speeds everything up, proves it too.The crowd’s opinion isn’t worth much; they don’t know where they’re going. Any loud, random trend—pushed by an algorithm or by chance—turns them into easy targets. They start admiring trash simply because it’s big. But they don’t really see; they move like iron filings toward the loudest magnet of noise. That is the whole point.
Don’t bow to the crowd’s illusion. Numbers make them look mighty, but insight is scarce. It’s the classic engine-battle of humans: the big amount of stupid versus the small amount of smart.
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