Comment by dijksterhuis

> If those people have worse habits, are less motivated, less educated, less cultured, what is there to gain from it?

learning how to be patient and tolerant regarding situations / people / things i do not like or think of as “beneath me”.

tends to lead to better decision making as one can respond, rather than knee jerk react to everything.

edit — also, i tend to find i can learn a lot more useful lessons from beginners.

in the beginners mind there are a lot of possibilities. in the expert’s mind (especially self proclaimed ones) there are few possibilities.

children are a great example of this.