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Because HN readers are highly interested in how to game the same system the same way.


I was more interested in it as a potential failure of our "meritocractic" educational system to promote those with true potential instead of the right family connections. Sort of the other end of the spectrum from being born a black male in Oakland and, pretty much regardless of one's potential, being consigned to a lower-middle-class life at best. I want the kids who will invent the next Internet to succeed, regardless of background.




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