I think this is one of Steve's most important articles ever. Isn't our eternal drive to judge others and find fault in them (while failing to see ours) at the core of much unhappiness, not to mention wars, genocide and other atrocities?
By making his readers reflect upon the futility of judging others and its consequences, Steve is really doing a favor to our planet!
Here's a poem by early Chinese Zen master Sen-ts'an I'd like to share with you. It's one of my favorite pieces of wisdom on the whole "judging-others" issue:
The Perfect Way is only difficult for those who pick and choose;
Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear.
Make a hairbreadth difference, and Heaven and Earth are set apart;
If you want the truth to be clear before you, never be for or against.
The struggle between "for" and "against" is the mind's worst disease. -- Sen-ts'an 700 C.E.
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