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“And when you find yourself running an Institute of Contemporary Culture, as I did, and it ceases to be an institute of contemporary culture in any way that interests you, you have to leave. Even when your boss says, “you’ve got a good thing going here. Don’t screw it up.” For his generation, there was so much commotion and peril that it made sense to cling feverishly to good fortune. But your generation is I think a little like my (boomer) generation, so persuaded of its specialness that it cannot bear the idea of compromise. I look back on the several times I said “no” to advantage and shake my head. Thank god I was protected by my naivete. Thank God I was so badly spoiled and self important.”

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