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Good news for change

How about some good news for a change? Something to consider when you are in a people-are-no-damn-good mood?

Here's a phrase we hear a lot: “You can't trust anybody anymore.” Doctors and politicians and merchants and salesmen. They're all out to rip you off, right?

It ain't necessarily so.

Man named Steven Brill tested the theory. In New York City, with taxicab drivers. Brill posed as a well-to-do foreigner with little knowledge of English. He got into several dozen taxis around New York City to see how many drivers would cheat him. His friends predicted in advance that most would take advantage of him in some way. One driver out of thirty-seven cheated him. The rest took him directly to his destination and charged him correctly. Several refused to take him when his destination was only a block or two away, even getting out of their cabs to show him how close he already was. The greatest irony of all was that several drivers warned him that New York City was full of crooks and to be careful.

You will continue to read stories of crookedness and corruption—of policemen who lie and steal, doctors who reap where they do not sew, politicians on the take. Don't be misled. They are news because they are the exceptions. The evidence suggests that you can trust a lot more people than you think. The evidence suggests that a lot of people believe that. A recent survey by Gallup indicates that 70 percent of the people believe that most people can be trusted most of the time. Who says people are no damn good? What kind of talk is that?

读《初心》：

一篇读罢头飞雪，
但记得斑斑点点，
几行陈迹。

五帝三皇神圣事，
骗了无涯过客。

北宋 程颢 《秋日偶成》

闲来无事不从容，睡觉东窗日已红；
万物静观皆自得，四时佳兴与人同
道通天地有形外，思入风云变态中；
富贵不淫贫贱乐，男儿到此是豪雄。

苏轼诗集之《宝山昼睡》：

七尺顽躯走世尘，十围便腹贮天真。
此中空洞浑无物，何止容君数百人。


“无事此静坐，一日是两日”是第一重境界
“与君一席话，胜读十年书”是第二重境界
此中空洞浑无物，何止容君数百人。是第三重境界

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