Your grandparents studied the Oldowan chopper so that your parents could perfect the Acheulean handaxe so that you, my friend, could build the Dyson sphere.
The Johns Adams quote: “I must study Politics and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematics and Philosophy. Our sons ought to study Mathematics and Philosophy in order … to give their children a right to study Painting [and] Poetry.”
The Johns Adams quote: “I must study Politics and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematics and Philosophy. Our sons ought to study Mathematics and Philosophy in order … to give their children a right to study Painting [and] Poetry.”