“My hero Socrates trained Plato on a rock. How much did that cost? So the greatest minds in history became the greatest minds in history without spending a lot of money.”

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This is making a simple point about access and scale, that great ideas can grow from modest conditions. It can be read as a defense of practical, low cost learning, and it lands in conversations about education when someone wants to argue that talent and mentorship matter more than expensive setups.

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