The true measure of a company's success is its ability to adapt to change while maintaining its core values.
Ingersoll's story of the man that went down from heaven on a reduced-rate excursion ticket good for 30 days --- and tried to sell his return ticket.
A story is not a lie, but neither is it the truth.
The impact of a scientific discovery can be profound, often reaching far beyond the initial expectations.
The problem is, if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you'll also, by implication, and in a far more nasty way, believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there. I nother words, your position in life comes to seem not accidental, but merited and deserved. And that makes failure seem much more crushing.
Imitation is the safest form of innovation.