The ultimate spectator sport is human accomplishment. Look at the way we take pleasure when an athlete breaks a record; a tenor singer reaches a high; a footballer puts the ball in the goal from an impossible angle; reading a profound philosopher. Accomplishment stimulates and awes us.
We know we cannot reach those levels. Those who accomplish these achievements do not get fermented and they do not hold other accomplishers in awe. They are in a sort of eye to eye contact like performers on the same stage. Whoever heard of Schumacher seeking an autograph from Brad Pitt, Tendulkar from SRK, Zubin Mehta from A R Rahman, Federer from Beyonce, Tiger Wood from Maradona, Sartre from Pele, Michael Jordan from Sergey Bubka?
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