Equality and Uncommon Knowledge
The truth really is so simple. I saw this video interview with Thomas Sowell and just had to watch. ( I sincerely hope that when I’m 81 years old I can be this engaged and attuned to the world.) The interview discusses his new book “The Thomas Sowell Reader”. Peter Robinson, the interviewer starts out by asking Dr. Sowell about a quotation from his book, “One confused word can gum up social policies, the legal system and innumerable institutions throughout society. That word is equality.” You need to watch the video to see his answer and the video that sets-it-up. The whole interview is awesome but in that short segment you gain much wisdom because you realize “equality” is one of those words that should “tingle” your reasonableness radar. If you try to apply equality to any subject you have the potential to end up choosing the baby or the bath water, when you know you wouldn’t do either! You’ll know to at least turn the question around and say “Could you describe for me a few situations of un-equality.”
One more awesome nugget from this video is that Sowell was a self-described marxist for 10 years! Watch and learn where his epiphany came.
His final quote to the younger generation is why you need to share Dr. Sowell’s wisdom, “learn all you can before you reach conclusions. There are plenty of people out there who have prepackaged conclusions for you to reach. You need to have build up a level of knowledge and experience so that you are no longer putty in the hands of somebody else who has his own agenda.”
The Uncommon Knowledge website is a great resource for some of the best thinkers and writers. Peter Robinson is a great interviewer, he asks the questions that are important, not interjecting himself into the interview!
