Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

by Gabrielle Zevin

They were operating under the assumption that it was easier to get into MIT if you were a woman, and statistically, it was—women had a 10 percent higher admittance rate over men. But there could have been many reasons for that statistic. A likely one was self-elimination: female applicants to MIT might have held themselves to higher standards than male applicants.

lets speak on premature self-elimination in the face of the very loud anti diversity crowd

Long relationships might be richer, but relatively brief, relatively uncomplicated encounters with interesting people could be lovely as well.

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“What is a game?” Marx said. “It’s tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. It’s the possibility of infinite rebirth, infinite redemption. The idea that if you keep playing, you could win. No loss is permanent, because nothing is permanent, ever.”

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