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>be you
>20 years old
>work your ass off to distinguish yourself from street shitters
>against all odds, get a scholarship from Princeton after crushing your competition
>make friends with an unassuming nerd from Albuquerque
>one night, he comes up to you with a homework problem
>well-covered fourier problem. talented math students do this kind of stuff in their first or second year
>you look at it and recognize the Fourier series immediately
>"this just simplifies to cos(x), Jeff"
>go on about your evening, wondering how the dude got into Princeton
>eventually finish degree with flying colors, complete your PhD at Caltech, and go on to do great science for years
>hear about your old buddy's hip new online book sales service every once in a while
>a coworker comes into the office one day with a kindle
>take out the recycling and see his company's logo on the side of your neighbor's boxes
>you get a ton of LinkedIn requests for about a week, but figuring it's probably just some hack, you ignore them
>one day, you look yourself up out of curiosity
>wikipedia page. every academic's wet dream.
>anticipate what part of your work they focused on, what kind of praise you were given
>open the link