A career assumes that they’re sort of like these finite different pre-ordained paths and I don’t think that’s how life works at all.
David Baker (biochemist)
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- Nobel Prize Conversations with Adam Smith, May 29, 2025; Complete23word sentence on careers not following predetermined paths. Full relevant answer and indexed surrounding sections read. Reviewed official transcript wording retained, including “they’re”; audio not independently checked.
- Nobel Prize Conversations with Adam Smith, May 29, 2025
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