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john commented on the word achievatron
"Perhaps they grow up in homes with an intense success ethos and get fed into the Achievatron, the complex social machine that takes young children and molds them into Ivy League valedictorians."
- The New York Times, "The Rank-Link Imbalance," David Brooks, March 14, 2008
March 14, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word achievatron
Great word!
March 14, 2008
john commented on the word achievatron
“And yet as much as I want to resent these overeducated Achievatrons (not to mention the incursion of a French-style government dominated by highly trained Enarchs), I find myself tremendously impressed by the Obama transition.�?
The New York Times, The Insider’s Crusade, by David Brooks, November 21, 2008
November 22, 2008