How to Be a Successful Academic

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A former investment banker says he was addicted to his bonus on Wall Street. In academia, the tower is very much represented by your CV or curriculum detail. You're basically building a tower that continues to get larger to glorify yourself. The challenge for many of us in this room is it's really hard not to get addicted to success.

MIT Professor of Mechanical Engineering Cullen Buie discusses his journey through science, God and making a name for himself at The Veritas Forum at Caltech.
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