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ChuckMcM on March 21, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why I Never Hire Brilliant Men (1924)

I'm sorry, you thought that parable was about hiring? :-)

I read it as a parable about the eternal question value, that is to always ask "Is this valuable or is it expensive?"

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