Alexandra Penney is featured on CNN today.
Public reaction to her reaction to having her “life savings” wiped by the Madoff situation surprised her.
This is a great example of how the rules we all play by are specific to our own contexts/situations in life.
In reading the CNN piece and Penney’s writing you might say:
- God, she still has a lot of money
- Why would anyone fall for Madoff
- Madoff isn’t in jail?!
- Why do ponzi schemes work?
- What a whiner
- Madoff should rot in hell
- …
Penney seems to be really offended. The justice seems to be really light on Madoff. Madoff seems to have really had a lot of people who trusted him.
Our perceptions of that reality are 100% dependent on our own history. We will almost always be surprised by others reactions in such conflicting contexts.
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