An arrogant businessman wanted to survey a land he had acquired for a palm oil plantation. Since he was not sure of its location, he sought the help of an indigenous villager to take him there. The journey took a few hours on foot through the forest.
"What do you do for a living?" he asked the old villager as they were walking.
"Farming," he replied.
"Do you know about the economy?" asked the businessman.
"No."
"Well, that's too bad for you'll always be poor," he proudly said.
After a few minutes of silence, the arrogant businessman posed another question to the villager.
"Our country is about to hold the general election. Do you know anything about politics?"
"No."
"That's too bad for you'll lose your rights."
Silence. Then another question.
"Do you know anything about technology?"
"No."
"Then you'll always be backward," he said.
Not long afterwards, a poisonous snake bit the businessman's leg. He panicked and screamed.
The villager, who was walking few metres in front, quickly ran to check on him.
"Do you know anything about wild herbs that we could use to treat this," asked the villager.
"Are you stupid! Of course not!" he cried, apparently annoyed with the question.
"Well that's too bad for you'll lose your life."
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Well at last, you got your blog up... great man!
Some times arrogance get the better of city folks and incline towards belittling village people. Your story just shows that finally we will all be saved by nature itself and it won't be the super duper computer or rocket science... cheers
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