[UncleOxidant]

I see what you mean.

"They must be able to build castles of imagination, and yet still understand the constraints of a grimy reality: they must be arrogant enough to see the world as it isn’t, but humble enough to accept the world as it is. Each of these is a balance, and for each, long-practicing engineers will cite colleagues who have been ineffective because they have erred too greatly on one side or another."

Ooof... where are you going to find these paragons of balance? It almost sounds like they're searching in Zen temples or something.