RE: the inner ring.

When I started reading this speech, I really had no idea what was going on or what he was talking about in the first few paragraphs. This may be attributed to the late hour that I was reading it, but so be it. I finally started to understand it at the paragraph that starts with "And of course everyone knows..." I thought this a creative way of  discussing the big evils, if you will, of the world. When he says that he will only really talk about the World, I'm surprised, perhaps, and happy enough that he won't talk about the other subjects, worn as they are now. Also, I personally find the World to be the most interesting of them all.
When the rings and inner rings and such are introduced, it's weird to me because I've never thought about this in the terms he puts it. Certainly, there are rings of importance all around us, some which we desire to get into and others that we care less about. All people search for acceptance- it's a natural human instinct. We can hardly go through a day without interaction with other people. Or, at least, I don't think I could.
Even in high school and college, the years that are supposed to be the greatest in our lives, we go through the chain of fighting to fit in and getting in somewhere new, over and over. One could argue that it's what makes those years great- we have the great opportunities to get into clubs and activities we've never tried before and get new experiences with new friend groups (legal or not, that's up to you). Once we figure out the process he makes mention of, though, it loses its magic. It's like you're walking around a neighborhood in the rain at midnight and you look at a house and it's all lit up and there's a party in there with everyone invited but you. Then, once you get into the party, it's nothing but a big pile of stupid and you just want out because rain and darkness is preferable to the stupid people being stupid in there, and you find that someone stole your coat and heaven knows what else. Maybe not the best analogy, but you get it, right?