John Granger Philosophy Page. The Big Picture , for many of us, refers to metaphysical reality. Sometimes drivers in a flow of traffic stop to let a driver enter that flow from a side street. They imagine that they are being polite. They may not consider that they are impeding the drivers in back of them.
Some people think that welfare is good.
They do not consider that whatever you subsidize, you get more of. Some people think that the stock market will do well for the rest of their lives. They don't realize that cycles describe much activity. They don't know what REAL diversification would mean. Friendship and loyalty, volitionally given gifts, benefit those most who give them based on shared worldview and shared loves.