Summary

In Chapter Ten: What I’ve Learned, Kamala opens with a memory of an early trial where she kept getting the directions wrong on a map. She said a self-deprecating joke but was later told by the judge to never do it again and figure it out. She says that stuck with her along with other lessons she has learned. She says she has turned these into a series of brief phrases that she knows cannot encompass everything, but they are philosophies that she relies on.

The first is: “Test the hypothesis” (254), in which Kamala says her childhood was shaped by science. Her mother would always have her make a hypothesis on questions she had about life so Kamala would explore more about it. She says that people pursue innovation to make things faster and more efficient. The more something...