In one of my professional roles, Academic Dean of an educational institute, I have the great privilege of interviewing young applicants (mostly 15 to 19) for programs designed to develop their intellectual humility and rigor, and deepen their understanding of some of the most important questions in the humanities. Many of the interviewees are the kind of young men and women who keep me hopeful for the world, despite all the madness around us. I often ask an interviewee for an