>>It's true. "If Paul is the model, we're fucked." Not everyone can be Paul Farmer. But Paul IS the model for each of us doing what we can. It's just that abilities and inclinations vary widely among people.

I have this conversation a lot. The guy went through med school without really being there and spending time in Haiti (i think he was in Haiti at the time?) His intellect among other things is obviously off the charts so too simply think you replicate it is a fool's errand. Its more about the movement to action, the overcoming of inertia...