Anchor Of Gold · Aug 30, 2019
TO THE CLASS OF 2023: WE KNOW NOTHING. (YET)
Start with this: we don’t know anything.
In the grand scheme of things, this is a fact, and it is indisputable. I have dealt with brain surgeons and rocket scientists alike who I would not trust to plug my iPhone in correctly or bring back my In N Out order accurately. And let’s face it, there are some things we have built up that are very esoteric and specific fields of knowledge. A surgeon is at root a mechanic of chitlins. A rocket scientist is a Lego builder with a bigger budget. In The Importance of Being Earnest, Aunt Augusta asks “A man should know everything, or he should know nothing. Which do you know?” And Jack promptly and correctly answers, “I know nothing.”