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Being in the room
Steve Wozniak didn't design the Apple I because he was smarter than everyone who didn't. He designed it because he was in a garage in Menlo Park on March 5, 1975, and thirty-one other people were too. Curiosity and talent are real, but proximity is the actual gating mechanism for what a person ends up building.
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Where this connects
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For Most High-Achieving Low-Income Students, the Elite College Would Cost Less. They Never Apply.
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