I think a lot of it is that here in America, we aren't exposed to many other intelligent thinkers, or many folks interested in much other than their homecoming

I think a lot of it is that here in America, we aren't exposed to many other intelligent thinkers, or many folks interested in much other than their homecoming date, or barely passing the SATs until we get to college. If I'd met just ONE person as inspiring as high school as the tens of them I did in college, I'd have had a significant head start.