-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Quote: Good Deeds by Michael McDonough Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:45:17 -0400 From: MICHAEL DOWNEY To: Michael Downey The World is not set up to facilitate the best any more than it is set up to facilitate the worst. It doesn't depend on brilliance or innovation because if it did, the system would be unpredictable. It requires averages and predictables. So, good deeds and brilliant ideas go against the grain of the social contract almost by definition. They will be challenged and will require enormous effort to succeed. Most fail. - Michael McDonough