Saul BellowThere is no limit to the amount of intelligence invested in ignorance when the need for illusion runs deep.
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More people see the world as a safe place than know that it’s a dangerous place. We assume that things will stay the same and that we can take care of ourselves and our loved ones. We assume we’re intelligent and we assume we’re reasonably healthy. The truth is, we’re all vulnerable to bad things happening to us.
And, any one of us could be the next incident. Instead of building up our expectations and assumptions, we should be working to find out what will happen to us in any given situation—and how we can make it less likely.
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