Fourteen more months in the greatest square mile on earth 

• I think her intro captured what I was trying  to say about the people here, much better than I could have.

  • When I read this, I thought of my friend Alex, whom I was so lucky to have met in the hallway last quarter. I realize when I mention him I have no way of describing him briefly. One of the smartest people I've ever met? No, it would be a crime to diminish him to his intellect. Someone I spend the most amount of time laughing with?  But he’s so much more than just that.

  • And if you look, you see it everywhere around at Stanford, all these people who inspire you.

  • "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants” - Newton

• Well, now I’m writing up my thoughts I realize it’s not just the intro. Section 1 snapshots Stanford’s magic incredibly well.

“In other words, nothing we do will matter, and life is one giant statistical function. But if we are trivial in the long term, we have infinite freedom in the short term. Until we arrive at the universe’s most probable state, where time ceases to have meaning, we get to decide what matters.”

"What a tragedy that so many people aren’t picky about the problems they work on, because they were never taught that a dream you can feel is worth more than a fact you cannot.”

• What a tragedy!! May we never stop dreaming like we did when we were kids. I feel lucky to have chased my NBA dream. It taught me how to