> The practical world, the business world, has created the "credentials society ," and beginning in the 40s and 50s it became a mania to qualify for a particular line, to have a certificate or a diploma in this, that, or the other thing, -- in many things that are not really subjects at all -- activities in the so-called real world which should be carried on by intelligent people but not necessarily by people who have taken a course. What is too bad is that people have very little faith in the value of intelligence, of general principles.

More relevant than ever with AI, IMO, because AI is such a wonderful multiplier for general intelligence (and broad knowledge), and really capability for abstract thought as such. It allows you to execute very effectively, so if you can define what you went well (a deceptively high bar that depends both on general intelligence and relevant domain knowledge), you can get fast, quality execution.