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...While undergraduates might appreciate their liberal arts education, Ager says that students may be unprepared to enter the workforce due to the lack of business classes at Harvard. “It’s very foolish to think that anybody could start any sort of enterprise without having some basic knowledge of accounting and finance,” he says. “Can you learn? Eventually you can. But I think that you’re at a significant disadvantage to these other students from these others schools who have these backgrounds because they understand finance, they understand...
...None of this is to say that all cockiness leads to ruin - sometimes it's what's needed for a leader seeking greatness. During his brief presidency, John F. Kennedy had the preposterous idea that the CIA could topple the government of Cuba and the equally foolish notion that the U.S. could put a man on the moon before 1970. One plan led to the Bay of Pigs, the other to the Sea of Tranquility...
...famous enough that there was a demand for copies," says Wells. "We have a fascinating reference in a play from 1603 in which there is the character of a young man who was obviously a fan of Shakespeare. He quotes bits of Romeo and Juliet and is rather foolish. And he says the line: 'Sweet master Shakespeare, I have his picture in my study at the court.' That also shows that there was likely to be a demand for his portrait...
...labor market mandates that the United States essentially throw away much of its already-sparse annual investment in human capital. Every year, American colleges and universities invest millions of dollars in the education of talented students from overseas. Considering the depth of the current crisis, it is foolish to turn away thousands of highly skilled, incredibly productive, and well-qualified candidates on the basis of their nationality...
...protect. Scientists have informed us of the imminent dangers of global warming, and we have the tools at hand to combat it. All that is needed now is a concerted, united effort to effect change. Those who deny the geological deterioration that is likely already underway are both foolish and disrespectful to future generations of our species and others. If preserving life on Earth as we know it is not reason enough to pay higher taxes, take public transportation, and err on the side of caution, I cannot imagine what else...