Viewpoint: David Brooks

From The New York Times: “Fitness inequality is acceptable. It is perfectly fine to wear tight workout sweats to show the world that...

“Fitness inequality is acceptable. It is perfectly fine to wear tight workout sweats to show the world that Pilates has given you buns of steel. Moral fitness inequality is unacceptable. Instead, one must respect the fact that we are all morally equal, though our behavior and ethical tastes may differ. Technological inequality is acceptable. If you are the sort of person who understands the latest hardware and software advances, who knows the latest apps, it is acceptable to lord your superior connoisseurship over the aged relics who do not understand these things. Cultural inequality is unacceptable. If you are the sort of person who attends opera or enjoys Ibsen plays, it is not acceptable to believe that you have a more refined sensibility than people who like Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, or graffiti.”

David Brooks in The New York Times

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