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Timothy Leary

We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.

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Timothy Leary is saying that although this generation has more education than any before, their intelligence is not being fully used or directed toward meaningful opportunities. He highlights a gap between having knowledge and having a practical way to apply or express it.

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