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Survivorship bias notwithstanding, nothing hits home harder than Dr. Reif's personal anecdote: "This country derives many intangible advantages from being a be
by otoburb 6y ago
Survivorship bias notwithstanding, nothing hits home harder than Dr. Reif's personal anecdote:
"This country derives many intangible advantages from being a beacon of hope for people around the world; I first came to America in 1974 from Venezuela, where my parents finally settled as refugees from Hitler’s Europe. I came to improve my own prospects through a graduate degree. But I found a culture of openness, boldness, ingenuity and meritocracy — a culture which taught me that in coming to America, I had truly come home."
- pjc50 6y agoStatistically I wonder how many future Dr. Reifs are stuck in ICE detention. Or, for that matter, the vast refugee camps from Syria that are scattered over Europe and Turkey.
- otoburb 6y agoMark Twain thought along the same lines: "Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others. But for the Civil War, Lincoln and Grant and Sherman and Sheridan would not have been discovered, nor have risen into notice." --Mark Twain
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