http://dagblog.com/link/dont-eat-fortunes-cookie-13925 Comments for ""Don't Eat Fortune's Cookie"" en http://dagblog.com/comment/156589#comment-156589 <a id="comment-156589"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/dont-eat-fortunes-cookie-13925">&quot;Don&#039;t Eat Fortune&#039;s Cookie&quot;</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>This is the key notion imo in his excellent speech: </p> <blockquote> <p>Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with  luck comes obligation. You owe a debt, and not just to your Gods. You owe a debt to the unlucky.</p> </blockquote> <p>I remember a local banker who is a generous philanthropist and volunteer make a very similar comment during a discussion about how charities are struggling in the down economy.  The notion that benefiting from luck generates obligation to assist the unlucky is one that tends to be ignored.  Instead we get the poor just want to be poor - which reinforces the notion that they, the not-poor, deserve all they have - that they do not have a debt to anyone.</p> </div></div></div> Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:56:41 +0000 Elusive Trope comment 156589 at http://dagblog.com http://dagblog.com/comment/156585#comment-156585 <a id="comment-156585"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/dont-eat-fortunes-cookie-13925">&quot;Don&#039;t Eat Fortune&#039;s Cookie&quot;</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>May be the best speech ever!  Thanks.</p> </div></div></div> Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:34:26 +0000 EmmaZahn comment 156585 at http://dagblog.com