The Herbie Priciple
Now, Herbie the love bug is not going to get any Zen master scores, but I actually saw demonstrated two great life lessons from watching a Herbie movie lately.
1) We are not as good separate as we are together
2) Machines never replace heart
Herbie apparently cannot drive completely on his own and win a race. He needs a driver. The drivers although good in a race – are not necessarily the best racer out there. Each team player brings a unique talent set to the table. It is the combination of these talents that causes them to be a winning team.
I actually read a few comments in the IMDB forum on this movie where one person argued that Herbie as a sentient being was an “cheat” to the system and should have his medals stripped and given to the loser of the race. I thought about that and remembered a scene where the nemesis was turning on all of his electronic gadgets and computers to make the car perform at its optimum peak. I wondered why is it that we are more than willing to put our trust in machines and technology than in intuition, drive, tenacity, and innovation?
I’m not sure what the answer may be, but we have bought into the technology bug hardcore. We truly believe that there is a magic pill, a supercharger, a resume trick that will solve our problems and give us what we want.
Reality is that what most of us need is a kick in the pants so we will just get out and do the work.
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It is a nice article.The two principles of the movie are the facts that all should know.So we learn a lot from our real life and we should work hard.
Really it is a nice article,The two principles of the movie are nice.It is interesting.Life lessons are learned our real life. we must work hard then get the success.
Sometimes, life's lessons are learned in the funniest places, aren't they? They always say most of life's lessons were learned in kindergarten!