I’m afraid our competing HouseAuthors may have missed the mark on the Ideal they were supposed to debate upon… Social Mobility is a wonderful thing! There’s nothing wrong with having a drive set to working your way up the career ladder, and frankly, I’m a bit insulted that all three HouseAuthors believe that only sadness and death can come from it. If I could, I would refuse to grant one of them the title of Head Thinker and instead decapitate all three of them, but our producers insist upon following the rules.

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On that note, then, I do believe that Mr. Melville had the most convincing argument – even if he is the most vocal against our favorable economic institution.

WEEK ONE: Head Thinker – HERMAN MELVILLE