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The good people

I wish I could find the video I saw recently where Penn Jillette said something like this:  “There are about seven billion people on the Earth… and about seven billion of them are good. They’re good people.”

I believe that too.

We shouldn’t believe the perpetual “news” story, courtesy of social media and whatever’s left of the mainstream press, that everyone is out for himself. It just isn’t true.

In that light, I share this story, which I just grabbed off a friend’s LinkedIn newsfeed, of a man who spends more than half his income saving people from jumping off a bridge, with 321 saves and counting.

bridgesavior

2 Responses to “The good people”

  1. Jim Markley Says:

    Do you still believe this after the maroon SUV incident?

  2. Lee Wochner Says:

    Yes. Because I (and Penn Jillette) said “ABOUT” seven billion of them are good. The remaining people drive maroon SUVs.

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