characteristics and overestimate the former. let s take another one you look at, which will strike most people as highly implausible. you re saying that in many circumstances it might make sense for somebody not to go to harvard, or to a fancy ivy league. yes, yes. and if america is anything, it is the holy grail of american achievement, is to go to a fancy ivy league university. not just america. it is the holy grail of fareed zakaria. you are a graduate of two of the finest. yes, but tell me why it might not make sense. this woman, caroline sax. yeah, the same line of thinking, are two intuitive categories of advantage/faulty. i look at, this is a chapter concern, with whether you want to be a big fish in a little bond, or a little fish in a big pond. and i use the specific case of kids who go to college intending to study science, math, and engineering.
rights aspect. they were trying to understand what s going on in china. above all, they wonder what the internal changes meant for beijing s policy. more so than a few years ago. it still pushes its own interests very strongly. diplomats have worried that china has been circulating new maps of the region in which a previous dotted line demarcating beijing s claims in the south china seas now appears as a solid line. last month, the foreign minister denied any such change in its claims when he was publicly asked about it at a brookings institution forum by the former u.s. defense secretary, william cohen. yet the concerns highlight the nervousness felt in the region. the united states washes its dirty linen vigorously and in public. when washington messes up, it does so in prime time with politicians, journalists,
admittedly small, but incredibly successful and fascinating group of people. malcolm gladwell, pleasure as always. thank you. up next, signs that while the iranian system may have changed, public sentiment in iran might remain the same. i ll explain. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i m still working. he s retired. i hope he s saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we re owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether you re just starting your 401(k) or you are ready for retirement, we ll help you get there.
saudi arabiaens a lot. saudi arabia is the principle ally. a huge amount of money flows. what did you make of the saudi decision? after lobbying for it, they turned around and said they the saudis were disturbed by something more than just that related to the u.n. security council seat. i think that if the united states was going to make an opening to iran, it should have taken it into confidence. that wasn t done. the saudis feel they do not have the kind of rapport with president obama, the leaders don t have the rapport with president obama that they re used to having in the white house. they don t like being taken for granted. when you look at saudi arabia these days, and what it s doing in syria in other places, there does seem to be something almost reckless, though, in saudi policy, with the funding all kinds of jihaddies. they re funding a huge a huge amount of instability in syria. this can t be and it s all part of this sunni-shia schism
trust icy hot for powerful relief. [ male announcer ] the icy hot patch. goes on icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. so you re back to full speed. [ male announcer ] icy hot. power past pain. i m candy crowley in washington with a check of the headlines. german spy chief also travel to the united states this week demanding answers following allegations that the u.s. has been tapping chancellor angela merkel s mobile phone. the trip comes amid a report from the german magazine der spiegel saying it s been monitored by the nsa for more than 10 years. a series of explosions rocked the city of baghdad early sunday morning. iraq s state-run tv is reporting that in one incident, a car bomb killed five people and wounded 11 when it exploded at a marketplace. more than 6,000 people have been