Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.

There's a real correlation between a society that tells people that they can do anything, and the existence of low self-esteem. So that's another way in which something quite positive can have a nasty kickback. There is another reason why we might be feeling more anxious --about our careers, about our status in the world today, than ever before. And it's, again, linked to something nice. And that nice thing is called meritocracy.

小说的终极目标是创造一个比现实本身更真实的世界。