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The selection process at the best schools is presently designed not to find the best minds but rather to find minds already shaped to the culture and ideology the universities regard as being able to benefit from their education.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
To Pollak, this was a demonstration not of Bill Baker’s cruelty but of his acumen—in this case to push his deep belief that science rests on a foundation of inquiry rather than certainty. Also, it revealed how nimble Baker’s mind really was. “A very small number of times in my life I’ve been in the presence of somebody who didn’t necessarily answer
... See moreJon Gertner • The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
merciful moment it diverted attention
Phil Knight • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
One of Brownell’s hard and fast principles was that almost as much could be learned about an author’s abilities through an interview as by reading his manuscript, since “water cannot rise above its source.”
A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
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