{"id":1251,"date":"2013-06-08T09:31:37","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T13:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markkirkwood.com\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2013-06-08T09:31:37","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T13:31:37","slug":"ever-upward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/?p=1251","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ever upward &#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From MIT&#8217;s 147th commencement address:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you\u2019re in school, every little mistake is a permanent crack in your windshield. But in the real world, if you\u2019re not swerving around and hitting the guard rails every now and then, you\u2019re not going fast enough. 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