There’s also this interesting mix of humbleness and ambitiousness, with the real feeling of “everyone can change the world” by actually doing fantastic things,

There’s also this interesting mix of humbleness and ambitiousness, with the real feeling of “everyone can change the world” by actually doing fantastic things, instead of boasting about their skills. It sorta feels like a place where the engineers are superheroes. It’s a bit tragic that a lot of times this comes at the cost of mental health, though MIT has gone a long way to improve that.