when I was a child, I thought smart people were in charge. when I got older, I realized you didn't have to be smart to be in charge. but the piece that was hardest to learn is that no one is really in charge at all. no one's going to fix it beyond us.
Another way of saying it: everyone is in charge.
It’s just such a huge, chaotic mess that it takes a certain mindset to not break down while trying to manage your particular piece of the puzzle.
