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"Tin Man" (23 March 1990) by Dennis Putman Bailey and David Bischoff
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Being first at any cost is not always the point.

— Jean-Luc Picard

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Being first at any cost is not always the point." in the context of ""Tin Man" (23 March 1990) by Dennis Putman Bailey and David Bischoff" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Jean-Luc Picard

About Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard (13 July 2305–) is a character in the Star Trek fictional universe, the captain of the USS Enterprise-D and the Enterprise-E. He was played by British actor Patrick Stewart in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the subsequent films and the streaming television series Star Trek: Picard.