You must have heard the story about the king and his favorite retainer: the smartest monkey in his entire kingdom? Yes? Then you know what happened when he asked the worthy to guard him and his sword while he took a nap and a fly buzzed in and settled on the king's nose.
To fear dumb people is the best kind of smarts.
In fact fearing the dumb is a sure shot success formula.
Fear the dumb and renounce a world full of them and you will attain nirvana.
Fear the dumb and cater to their tastes and wishes and you will be rich. Witness the popular filmmakers, musicians and marketers.
The saying "Fools tread where angels fear to go" is a lament dedicated to those among us who practice our talents and trades in service of high ideals.
Arre baba! don't aim higher, aim larger - the larger slice of the pie so to say. After all God in his infinite wisdom decided to make many, much more than many, among us dumb rather than smart.
Let me conclude with an extract from the song "Idiot Wind" by Bob Dylan - the guy you listen to when you put up your feet and try to put behind you your working day of fearing the dumb.
"Idiot wind blowing through the buttons of our coats
Blowing through the letters that we wrote
Idiot wind blowing through the dust upon our shelves
We're idiots babe
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves."
- Idiot Winds, Bob Dylan
