The fact of the matter is it got us to the point of where we are today. And -- how can you possibly know that, Eric? Are you saying because B follows A, that

The fact of the matter is it got us to the point of where we are today. And -- how can you possibly know that, Eric? Are you saying because B follows A, that A caused B to happen? Maybe the early Google succeed despite the now-discredited filtering processes it used in its early years. According to one executive, Mayer disapproved of the fact that Paltrow did not graduate college. But this quote is just exquisite. Presumably she filters picks for her bookshelf (including, most especially, cooking and lifestyle books) based on a hard floor for the authors' educational backgrounds, also. And of course the movie she watches, with respect to the pedigrees of their actors, likewise.