This is a great point and illustrates that Harvard tries to get people at the peak of their academic/intellectual careers. By comparison, a lot of the people t

This is a great point and illustrates that Harvard tries to get people at the peak of their academic/intellectual careers. By comparison, a lot of the people they miss out on, tend to develop later in life. Steve Jobs didn't turn Apple around until 1997 when he was 42. Obama didn't get serious about public service until he was in his 30's after being a lecturer at the University of Chicago.