I've been having more weird, vivid dreams again lately. I try not to write about my dreams too much because I don't think people really care (I don't even care, when I go back and reread things I've written). But sometimes my dreams distill into some interesting essence that's worth thinking about. Last night, the gist of my dream (which was, I think, inspired by the show Heroes), was that there are two types of people in the world: healers and teachers.

The healer types believe there's something wrong with the world or with certain people. They want to fix things and restore them to what they consider healthy. They look for disease and try to eradicate it. Where there isn't a cure, they try to contain the disease or destroy that which they believe is contagious. They believe it takes a certain kind of person with certain skills and knowledge in order to heal someone/something else.

The teacher types believe that knowledge is the most important thing and that with knowledge, people will be able to take care of themselves and do the right thing. They see ignorance as the enemy and believe the best way for them to do good is to disseminate information, skills and knowledge. They believe in free will rather than control, and therefore their world is a little more unpredictable.

Both types believe they are trying to do good in the world and that the other type has it all wrong. Some believe the other type is evil because the other way of thinking is so alien to them.

I don't know if there's any validity whatsoever to this theory, but I woke up with it swirling in my head this morning.