| 1234567 | author: Warren Elliscontent: We're deathly afraid of that stabbing word 'pretentious,' the word that students  use to curse each other's ambition. It's a young person's word, a shortcut-to-thinking  word. I'm a big fan of pretension. It means 'an aspiration or intention that may  or may not reach fulfillment.' It doesn't mean failing upward. It means trying to  exceed your grasp. Which is how things grow.id: 5066e36a-a02e-4e09-99d9-c8508f146654
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