so you have probably heard people say that 'everyone is special.' unfortunately, this idea of everyone being special also seems to imply the converse, that 'no one is special.' so i've always thought to myself, what is so special about everyone being special? it confused me to no end as a child. fortunately, i think i might finally have an idea of what these people mean, and i'm willing to save you the confusion by sharing my findings with you.
you see, not everyone is good at everything, and most people are good at very few things. so what makes everyone 'special' is talents. and before anyone goes and says 'but i don't have any talents!' listen up: you do. now i might be talented in having a really loud voice that can probably out-yell the best of you, but that doesn't mean that i have the loudest voice in the world. (it also doesn't mean that yelling is a very admired talent). i guess what i'm saying is, compared to most people, i have a comparative advantage in the ability to make myself heard, therefore making me special. even if that was the only thing i could do well, i would be special.
some people seem to be good at everything. i used to hate those people. but not anymore. because they only have one talent: they are good at everything. now if i am good at three different things (yelling, not getting brainfreezes when i eat a slushie, and climbing trees) then i am three times more talented than the guy that is good at everything. plus, economics teaches me that comparative advantage always leaves everyone with something to do. if the guy who is good at everything wasted his time yelling and drinking slushies, who would climb the trees? or perhaps more importantly, who would cure cancer? let the guy who is good at everything become a brain surgeon, a pro b-baller, or a mother. i've got a tree to climb.
here is a guy that may or may not be talented. at least simon likes him!
regardless of how talented he is, he is still special.
Jeremy Moore
-not taking messages at the moment, he is in a tree.
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