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On a lighter note: A friend of mine out in Sunnyvale, CA, who did his
graduate work at
Stanford University, shared this with me.<br>
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The <span style="font-style: italic;">Stanford Review</span>
editor-in-chief conducted a <a
href="https://stanfordreview.org/levin-interview/">interview</a> with
the
university's new president, Jonathan Levin. Towards the end of the
extensive,
wide-ranging Q&A came the
following exchange:<br>
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font-weight: bolder;">Stanford Review:<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>What is the most
important problem in the world right now?<br>
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font-weight: bolder;">President Levin:<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>There's no answer to that
question. There are too many important problems to give you a single
answer.<br>
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text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;
font-weight: bolder;">Stanford Review:<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>That is an application
question that we have to answer to apply here.<br>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Gotcha!</span><br>
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Ken Pogran<br>
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