Anderson Cooper on the real privilege

I grew up in a privileged environment, but to me the greatest privilege was at a very early age realizing that what a lot of people think they want, what a lot of people are aiming for-- ultimately, they will be just as miserable as everybody else. Once you realize that, it's sort of freeing.

     --Anderson Cooper (1967- )in Outside magazine, May 2008, interviewed by Patrick Symmes