Bassie: Mom, they should make an app that’s a magnifying glass.
Me: Like, you mean, you hold up the phone to something and…
Bassie: Yeah, and you see it on the screen bigger. They must be able to do that, right?
Me: I guess. I think so. That’s a really great idea. You should develop apps.
Bassie: Mm-hmm.
We look in the app store.
Me: Oh, yeah, here are two.
We download the free one. And Basya, rather than resentful that someone else made it before she could, is thrilled that someone with the skill to execute it has thought of the same brilliant idea she has.
Oh, to be young and idealistic and lacking in hubris.
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What a sweet celebration of world contributions without needing to be the ONE! I believe Bassie intuits John Stuart Mill’s utilitarian theory in an un-self-conscious personal way. If it’s good for the world, it’s good for her too. Or as has been elsewhere said, This too is good.
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