Tuesday, November 2, 2010

The world is what we make of it

I watched an ad on Mediacorp Channel 5 about road rage and found it interesting.

Many people who are very kind in their own homes and offices can become very unkind and selfish once they get behind the steering wheel of a car. This is probably due to the fact that in their own home they are known; in the car they have the advantage of anonymity and hence can be almost brutal without fear of discovery.

If we believe that most people in the world are crooks, it is amazing how many crooks we find. If, however, we go into the world with the assumption that everyone is nice, we are constantly running into nice people. To a great extent the world is what we make it.

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