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...don’t think that most Harvard students realize why we hate the process so much. It’s not because it’s competitive. Harvard students thrive on competition—in fact most of us love it, otherwise we wouldn’t be here. Rather, I think that we really hate recruiting because of the way it forces us to misrepresent ourselves, to play dress up not just on October 31, but for most of October, November and on into the future for as long as it takes. For many of us, like...
Although issues of interplanetary contamination may seem fantastic, they force us to confront the limits of our knowledge about life and where it might thrive. Some prominent scientists have criticized “planetary protection” as based on dubious science, but there is humility and wisdom in this approach. It is true that if our current concepts of biology are correct, then there is virtually no possibility that an alien organism, not adapted for this world, could dangerously out-compete the locals who are marvelously fit to survive here...
...this is the cool future, then send me back to the square past! Of course, almost 40 years ago, Paul Revere and the Raiders sang that "kicks just keep getting harder to find." The youth of each generation has its moments of temporary insanity, but for any society to thrive and move forward, there must be awareness of and respect for the past. If we Americans keep pushing the envelope in an increasingly outrageous quest for the ultimate in cool, then I'm afraid our future will take us down the same path of decadence chosen by great societies that...
...parity we see in football and to some extent in baseball today can lead to the question of how the leagues continue to thrive. The answer is simple: every fan can claim that his or her team has a chance, but dynasties drew fans to the sport in the first place...
Wall Street has been mythologized by countless memoirs and novels that describe a world of dirty-joke-telling executives who thrive on risk, live on the edge of bankruptcy and make money through a fortuitous combination of dumb luck and insight. If that world still exists, it’s hidden behind a veil of polished, telegenic professionals who parade through studios around the world making their pitches to the investing public. CNBC treats these people as if they were sports stars, changing the financial news day into an extended telecast of a high stakes spectator sport...