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with your most important job being a dad. These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy,

by practical wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world.

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You must adjust accordingly.

It doesn't matter how old you are.

You grew up in a society in a culture that was less inclusive and less diverse than the one we're in now, certainly one that was less sensitive, too.

The question then is, can you adjust? Can you adjust to a parenting style, even a lifestyle

that was very different than the one you grew up with.

The scientist, Jessica Dowden's father, was an English professor.

But it wasn't until he had a young daughter that he realized that almost all the books he assigned

to his students were written by men.

Having a daughter made him realize how acutely unfair this was, how this deprived his students

of perspectives and inspiration. So as Walter Isaacson writes in his fascinating biographer of

Jennifer and her work, which won her a Nobel Prize, her father quietly added Doris Lessing,

Anne Tyler, and Joan Didion to his syllabus. Her father started bringing home books to

his daughter that might inspire her too, like a good father and like a good human being. Her father

adjusted, not out of political correctness, but real empathy. And what was the effect? Did he lose

his spine or his manhood? Did censorship win? No, his choice made the world better.

His students were better and his ability to connect with his daughter was better.

And decades later, the world became better as a result of this adjustment.

You know, you can thank Doudna and by extension her father for your COVID-19 vaccine.

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