A lecturer once told us "it's no longer sufficient to be the best in town at what you do...you have to be the best in the world". Maybe an exaggeration, but it'

A lecturer once told us "it's no longer sufficient to be the best in town at what you do...you have to be the best in the world". Maybe an exaggeration, but it's got some truth to it. We don't have the existential problems that our grandparents had, but the problems we do have are much more complex. Remarkably, it was my grandfather that pointed this out to me. He'd seen both world wars and was a really smart guy. But he'd never gotten any formal education, and was very far removed from the constant struggle to get ahead that most people today face.