James Doty’s prospects were bleak,but then one summer he was taught a current, compassionate way to thinkWhen I speak in my capacity as a professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University or as an entrepreneur with a company worth $1.3bn, and there is an assumption that I had a privileged background,one of affluence. In fact I grew up in poverty on public assistance with an alcoholic father and a mother impaired by a stroke who was chronically depressed and attempted suicide many times. My father was jailed repeatedly and we were evicted from our domestic on quite a few occasions. Related: Why babies are so good with wookiees Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com