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What does it mean?
Shaw warns that chasing perfection makes people look down on ordinary humans.
In plain terms
Seeking the superhuman makes you despise normal people.
What can you take from it?
Value humanity before seeking to surpass it.

Where it applies

  • leadership
  • social movements
  • personal ambition

Putting it to work

  • respect others
  • check elitism

Questions to consider

  • Do you respect ordinary people?
  • Is your goal too abstract?

Another view

It discourages high aspirations that can benefit society.

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