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1. Does "in Dan Wieden, co-founder of Wieden+Kennedy, Knight was to meet a kindred spirit" mean "Knight would later become fascinated with the personality of Dan Wieden, co-founder of Wieden+Kennedy"?

2. Does "had wandered into it after trying his hand as a beat poet" mean

a. Dan Wieden tried beat poetry but was not successful in it. So, he left poetry and started to try advertising

or

b. beat poetry was the reason why Dan Wieden started to try advertising?

Context:

In fact, when Knight first employed Wieden+Kennedy in 1982, he was a reluctant client, clinging to the notion that if the product is good enough then it will sell itself. However, in Dan Wieden, co-founder of Wieden+Kennedy, Knight was to meet a kindred spirit, someone who ‘never liked advertising’ and had wandered into it after trying his hand as a beat poet.

Jack Dammit · Accepted Answer

1. A kindred spirit is an individual with the same beliefs, attitudes or feelings as oneself.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/kindred-spirit

Fascination with personality is possible but not defined.

2a. That Wieden tried his hand at beat poetry does not necessarily imply that he was unsuccessful at it; he could have been wildly successful at it but left it anyway.

2b. Causality isn't implied between trying beat poetry and wandering into advertising, meaning that beat poetry was not the reason that Wieden wandered into advertising, nor did it cause him to wander into advertising.

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