• 4grams@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    right. I feel like the world is desperate to pretend we aren’t standing on the shoulders of giants. who wants to reinvent everything, every time. use the paths already there and find shortcuts along the way, then mark them and leave them for the next traveller.

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      Recognizing that for a second would destroy the basis of private property. How can you say “this is mine” when it comes attached to the work of a million others?