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The Mystery of Mastery with Adam Gopnik
Revisionist History
The Special Pleasures of Mediocrity
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On one level, what this book is, is about the special pleasures of mediocrity. If you want to play La Crosse at Johns Hopkins, it's impossible. Because you're never going to be good at it. A pleasure is denied to you why for a completely random and totally unfair reason that some kids have been playing La Crosse in suburban Baltimore since they were six years old.
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