Appropriate Expectations

When you hear the word symphony, what are your expectations in relation to it?

When you hear the word sympathy, what are your expectations in relation to it?

How do you usually express your expectations through words, and possibly even through music, the visual arts and/or in other ways?

How do you know you have appropriate expectations of the global Mozarty Party?

What are your expectations of children, their parents, grandparents, other family members, their teachers and the governments under which they live, or happen to be?

What are your expectations of performance qualities in various situations, whether related to music, politics, studying, working, or any other type of activity?

Perhaps you usually assess expectations in terms of money and/or reputations and/or perceptions and/or promises and/or biases rather than through probability theory and/or love and/or desire.

What have you discovered about safe bets and unsafe ones?

What do you know about gambling and other activities associated with risk?

What do you know about chance in relation to talents, privileges and disasters?

What have you discovered about safe political seats and unsafe ones?