Zubin Damania was both hilarious and touching in his talk about physician burnout and reconnecting with your original, motivating ideals and passions.

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"It is important you are compatible with your deputy and you have the same ideals, the same vision, " he said.

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Your work links the world to America and American ideals that are beacons of hope for millions of people.

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But our new creed means this can be true only to the point where these ideals conflict with the collective needs of your fellow citizens.

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But I think there's something else at work here: For your typical self-conscious but wealthy New Yorker with egalitarian ideals, it's hard to imagine anything more uncomfortable than patronizing a store meant just for rich people.

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