Inequality

(cont'd from yesterday's post)

As they start their second year, the new president gave a Convocation address that might deeply "offend" anyone from Harvard. He says that inequality is good and unavoidable.

As the American Declaration of Independence says, we are created equal, which we understand to mean equal in value and dignity. But we're not the same. "We have unequal curiosity, unequal intellect, unequal talent, unequal courage, unequal drive, unequal achievement."

Nobody is excellent in everything. But we must enable people to excel in the strengths they have. They must aspire to a high standard. Our country needs scholars who study and speak excellently, as well as carpenters who measure and build excellently. 

Everyone benefits from the strengths of others . . and they're not all the same.