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Surely all this would become obvious in time … and yet it wasn’t becoming obvious. Here at mighty Edwards itself the boys could feel the earth trembling. A great sliding of the templates was taking place inside the invisible pyramid. You could feel the old terrain crumbling, and … seven rookies were somehow being installed as the hottest numbers in flying—and they hadn’t done a goddamned thing yet but turn up at a press conference!
The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe
In the signaling model, each student has a hidden quality—future work productivity—that prospective employers are eager to know.15 But this quality isn’t something that can be observed easily over a short period, for example, by giving job applicants a simple test. So instead, employers use school performance as a proxy.
The Elephant in the Brain
Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
I would ask, “Do you think I should go to Japan to study and practice? Do you think I should get to know Japanese monastic life?” He would always tell me, “There is no place to go.” At other times I would ask, “Is there something you would like me to do?” He would say, “There is nothing to do. You can do anything you want. Just be yourself.” I kept those words in mind, almost like a mantra: “There’s no place to go; there’s nothing to do.”
Zen Is Right Now
Shunryu Suzuki and David Chadwick
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