Are There So Few Cassandras?

I've been getting into Willful Blindness a bit more, and while much of it has been frustrating -- maybe I may address the reasons in another post -- it has been getting good. The author mentions Cassandra, the woman from ancient classical legend who sees the truths that few others see.

On the one hand this makes me feel good, that I'm not the only one who asks penetrating questions about things while all those around go, "Guh?" But then, I feel very lonely. There simply cannot be that few who can see what's what.

Yeah, maybe that's why Cassandra is so renowned. How many are like her? So few that the ones who do reality checking so well stand out.