I am fortunate and privileged enough to have worked with a reasonably large number of very smart people ... and the very best of them seem to be characterized by a sense of humility and a seemingly instinctive preference to ask questions rather than answer them.
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I am fortunate and privileged enough to have worked with a reasonably large number of very smart people ... and the very best of them seem to be characterized by a sense of humility and a seemingly instinctive preference to ask questions rather than answer them.
Extensive discussion here from four days ago:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7968833
This makes my dad make so much more sense.