Hard Work

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.

~ Henry Ford

We often tell ourselves lies that justify our opinion of something.

For example, this quote from Henry Ford starts with the belief that thinking is the hardest work.

Often the hardest work goes unnoticed.

This Ford quote is one of the earlier examples of the contempt with which a white-collar professional holds blue-collar professionals

For example, the men and women who commute by bus for three hours each way from Pennsylvania to New York to work construction and other blue-collar jobs. They have it more demanding than the people who allegedly think.

But social class bias or classicism is improved bigotry in our culture.

It may appear in the expressed or unexpressed behavior of those with college educations and beyond for those who don’t.

Try living their lives for a day or a week, and you’ll change your mind.

It shows up in the belief that if you live in the city, you are superior to those who don’t.

It shows up in the idea that if you live in the north, you are superior to those who don’t (or, heaven forbid…