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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.