CHAPTER 4: THE ABANDONED SERVICE

My first stop was with Keshav. He was the Director of the development groups that produced CET. As we approached his office, I turned to Lee and said, “I hear he is smart, really smart. He’s got multiple masters degrees from UC Berkeley, a PhD from MIT, and started post-grad work at Stanford when he was only 23, and all in subjects that I don’t even know what their names mean. He’s so intelligent that the rest of us are about as bright as carrots compared to him.”

Lee’s expression never changed and his stride never faltered. “There are many kinds of intelligence,” he said. “Some are highly valuable in business and others are no more than intellectual curiosities. Everyone has a different type of intelligence. ...

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