The story we tell ourselves about other people

Danny Federico Columnist Someone passes you on the highway. You’re already going the posted speed limit, maybe even a little over. They swing around you, accelerate ahead and disappear into traffic. Your first thought probably isn’t, “Hope they’re having a good day.” It’s something less charitable. The driver is viewed as impatient, reckless and rude. Maybe they are. But then, maybe they aren’t. Maybe they’re late for work. Maybe they drive that speed every day and never thought twice about it. Maybe they’re headed to pick up a sick kid. Maybe they simply prefer to move faster than you do and don’t assign morality to