It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

基金投资者有信心，他们可以轻松选择优秀的基金经理。他们错了。

如果你的鞣制过程经不起纪录片团队的检验，是时候重新思考你的方法了。

A mind needs books like as word needs a whetstone.