While in college, according to Hoffman, he formed a conviction that he wanted to try to influence the state of the world on a large scale.[13] He saw academia as an opportunity to make an "impact." He later realized that the business world would provide him with a larger platform. "When I graduated from Stanford my plan was to become a professor and public intellectual. That is not about quoting Kant. It's about holding up a lens to society and asking 'who are we?' and 'who should we be, as individuals and a society?' But I realized academics write books that 50 or 60 people read and I wanted more impact."
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While in college, according to Hoffman, he formed a conviction that he wanted to try to influence the state of the world on a large scale.[13] He saw academia as an opportunity to make an "impact." He later realized that the business world would provide him with a larger platform. "When I graduated from Stanford my plan was to become a professor and public intellectual. That is not about quoting Kant. It's about holding up a lens to society and asking 'who are we?' and 'who should we be, as individuals and a society?' But I realized academics write books that 50 or 60 people read and I wanted more impact."