Autodidact I read not entirely I'm a trained chef a purser and a milker of cows on a farm Which the literary cognoscenti find amusing. A leading newspaper invited some famous intellectuals to talk about the future of which they knew nothing but showed the arrogance of people far removed ordinary people's life. I have noticed when they talk about democracy they mean their rights when it comes to the man in the street they think some restrictions of freedom are needed as their freedom leads to chaos. That is why when the famous talk about Israel they wrap their opinion in several woolly scarves as not to upset anyone.