/lit/ - Literature

The uber driver who picked me up today had what seemed to be a speech impediment. That speech impediment seemed to be a result of some sort of mental retardation. He would mutter about things in a nearly unintelligble manner.

Some people are just not intelligent enough to hold jobs that are required by today's society. Disregarding intelligence; there are many other things that cause people to be unproductive. One thing that I observe often is people who deal with a language barrier. For these people in particular, why don't they just learn the language of the nation that they reside in?

Just like how the mentally retarded uber driver exists far beneath you on the pareto distribution, you are just as far as some other people in the distribution. In the case of the driver and you; he has a physiological ailment that ruin his chances. But what about you? What makes a person ahead of you equally far ahead of you as you are to the uber driver?

A thought; the uber driver is not aware of the reasons behind his placement on the distribution, and he's also probably not fully aware of his placement itself. In the same way, I am not aware of my own placement on the distribution. I am also unaware of what is holding me back from going further beyond where I currently am. In a way, I'm just as retarded as he is. What could the uber driver do to lift his perception outside of himself so that he can see the steps that he can take to improve his situation? Well that's exactly it, he needs to lift his perception outside of himself. He needs to transcend beyond his narrow, subjective view of the options. Realizing this is easy to do for people that aren't you. This is mostly because thse are things that you have already figured out. However, for yourself it is much more difficult, basically because you haven't figured it out yet.

Expand your options. Think about different options when approaching a problem.