Dear Peter

I think you’ll be interested in the attached article regarding the $100 laptop that will be provided to all people everywhere at no cost to them!

Free, that is, unless they are productive enough to have produced something of value, thus earned an income, and therefore can afford to purchase one.

Your Friend, Jim

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Dear Jim,

Organisms could be given twigs & bark, food & shelter, Corvettes & Porches, dollars & euros, and they would still accomplish only what they are capable of accomplishing.

The vast majority of organisms will take a handout, stare at it for a short time, swap it for some illicit commodity, quickly exhaust that commodity, and then sit back down to passively wait for the next handout.

Anything which accomplished, civilized organisms expect of the majority of organisms beyond trouble, destruction, and, at best passive destruction, is a mistake.

Sincerely, Peter T. Hermit,

Note -- As Peter T. Hermit identified over 36 years ago -- but failed to apply -- "Do not look for what cannot be found."

Note --  No, Jim, pause. This is a very positive outlook. The corollary to my opening point is that opportunity provided to those who are capable of using opportunities do stand a great chance of coming to fruition over time. This corollary is valid because those who are by definition capable will achieve through unceasing hard work.