it's not their fault

If we had our druthers, of course, we'd all choose to be brilliant and beautiful. But we're not. Some of us are in fact very far indeed from being either brilliant or beautiful. There are two things to keep in mind about this:

1. It's not their fault.

2. Nonetheless, we should try to discourage people from reproducing if they really can't figure out how to put one foot in front of the other in a society like this. At the very least, people shouldn't have children they can't support.

literature

For some time now, I've had the sneaking suspicion that literature-- fiction, poetry, drama-- is what people who are no good at math do with their brains.