Tom Farrar

There’s nothing in this world that certain white, small-town, God-fearing, airplane-flying boys hanker af­ter so much as the right stuff. The right stuff cannot be described or explained. Anyone crass enough to try and put it into words ipso facto probably doesn’t have it. Tom Wolfe is crass enough to try and put the right stuff into words, which ipso facto probably means he doesn’t have it.

In 2018, thousands of people applied for a job at Blinkist. 1,600 candidates were interviewed, of which 73 were hired. Blinkist’s acceptance rate was 4.6%, and Harvard’s acceptance rate—5.2%. It’s common knowledge—Harvard is tough to get into. Once there, expect to be surrounded by the smartest people—with the biggest and brightest ideas. Having Harvard on a CV opens up a lot of doors—and it’s the same with Blinkist. A company rapidly on the rise, being built by some of the world’s smartest people.

Edward James Hughes (1930–1998) by Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1971 © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos; collection National Portrait Gallery, London Hughes, Edward James [Ted] (1930–1998), poet and writer, was born on 17 August 1930 at 1 Aspinall Street, Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire, the youngest of the three children of William Henry Hughes (1894–1981), joiner, and his wife, Edith Farrar (1898–1969), a tailor.