In Platos' Allegory of the Cave he talks about how Socrates reffers to people in a cave living in the dark. He says that since they know nothing else they will only believe what they se, but if they are shown the truth about things they won't believe him because it's unfamiliar. He also says that people shouldn't judge others for not knowing as much as them, because they might have come from a different place where things were handled differently. Socrates suggested that people spend some time in someone else's shoes os to gain knolwledge. I think that that's really good advise because how can you judge people or possibly hope to help them if you have no idea how they think or where they home from.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr's story Harrison Bergeron takes place in the year 2081 when the government has decread that people be handicapped so that no one is better than anyone else. In my opinion it would be very dumb to handicapp everyone so that they were all the same because nothing would get done. If some people wern't smarter than other people then we would never have any improvements or advancements in our society. If everyone was the same the world would be a very boring place. Diversity in people and society is what gives the world it's color.
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Broadening our horizons and not just sticking to our old non-diverse world allows us to gain a better understanding of how the world works and the people who live here. I think what you took from Plato is very valuable in that you are looking at admiring all people for their individual gifts and talents, which of course was suppressed in Vonnegut.
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