It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.

-H.L. Mencken

That is very true. God gives each of us a talent, in the expectation that we’ll know better than to bury it for safekeeping. For some, it’s more subtle than being a genius in poetry or music, and in some of us – like me – it’s just as lopsided as that, but just more dull. By subtle I mean that some people have the talent for being a good listener in times of crisis, a loving parent, or a good neighbor. Some people care for the helpless, voiceless creatures around us.

Those talents are no less important in the Web 2.0 of life than to be a Shakespeare or a Tiger Woods.

Sadly, some people have a great talent for obstruction, for failure, and for abject indifference. I think we should work harder to identify them and move them out of the way. They are vexations to our peace and happiness.

He said, being purposefully obscure.