The dominant kind of snobbery that exists nowadays is job snobbery. You encounter it within minutes at a party, when you get asked that famous iconic question of the early 21st century, "What do you do?" According to how you answer that question, people are either incredibly delighted to see you, or look at their watch and make their excuses.
今日最主要的势利，就是对职业的势利。你在派对中不用一分钟就能体会到，当你被问到这个21世纪初，最有代表性的问题：你是做什么的？你的答案将会决定对方接下来的反应，对方可能对你在场感到荣幸，或是开始看表，然后想个借口离开。
Your 20s are the perfect time to do a few things that are unusual， weird， bold， risky， unexplainable， crazy， unprofitable， and look nothing like "success". For the rest of your life， these experiences will serve as your muse
你可以成为任何你想成为的人。
The arithmetic of modular forms is a key to understanding the deeper structures of number theory.