17 April 2020

800px-The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17Dear Humans,

I think I prefer children to adults because you guys have less experience to draw upon. Don’t get me wrong, experience is great. But often times adults (me too!) use our slivers of experience to make assumptions about the rest of the big wide world.

I had bad Chicken Tikka Masala one time, so all food from an entire subcontinent is terrible. My car was making a funny sound one time and it was the timing belt, so the problem with your car is most definitely the timing belt.

Experience can be a great teacher–as long as it doesn’t harden into prejudice. We are one out of seven billion, and the world is much bigger than our narrow experience of it.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck


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