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Did you not read Vonnegut's Slapstick (1976). They're everywhere!

The bulk of it is on gitee.com since China skews towards a NIH bent dating back to dynastic times.

They may not be gifted but they can see through this lie.

We say those students are "on leave." Gates and Zuckerberg often commend Harvard for its flexible leave policy. Given Harvard's overambitious undergrads, the bureaucratic overhead of granting a hiatus is a small price for the glory-by-association of a potential Microsoft or Facebook. Come to Harvard. Even if you don't graduate, you'll be rich and famous!

You spent your entire life training for a job that assumed a silicon goalpost. Don't be mad when society moves it.

Disingenuous statement of the year.

And yet you still managed to eke 226 words out of it.

But my point was spend time with your kids if you want. Kids are awesome. But if you still give a shit about your career, don't feel guilty about missing junior's bar mitzvah. If his genetic stock isn't marred by a poor spousal choice, the only long-term damage is the memoir chapter he'll write about the absentee dad who didn't witness his building Amazon.com, or winning several NBA championships.

The better advice would be, your spousal choice deserves more time and thought than most people give it.

A fool points out other people's failings. A smarter person profits from them.

Yes, stay in your lane.

You can just say "stupid." We don't judge.

In the words of comedian David So, "if I stole your identity, I'd kill myself," which encapsulates the general idea that the prior probability for entrepreneurial success is sufficiently small that nothing outside your hard assets is worth stealing.