The Organization Kid: “A few months ago I went to
Princeton University to see what
the young people who are going
to be running our country in a
few decades are like. Faculty members
gave me the names of a few dozen
articulate students, and I sent them
e-mails, inviting them out to lunch or
dinner in small groups. I would go to
sleep in my hotel room at around
midnight each night, and when I
awoke, my mailbox would be full of
replies—sent at 1:15 a.m., 2:59 a.m.,
3:23 a.m.” Very little dating, no time for intellectual discussion outside classes and study, no involvement in ‘larger issues’, little insight into issues of morality or character, and not at all unhappy with the situation! The Atlantic