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0 pointscalvinmorrison1mo ago0 comments

that's right! if only I wasnt posting snarky crap on HN we'd have a Utopia. Paging Upton Sinclair!

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We each have power, influence, and responsibility. You're spending yours on cleverness, and wasting others by shifting the focus and undermining their efforts. Cleverness, in the end, doesn't matter.

> Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair didn't waste it.

calvinmorrisonOP1mo ago

i certainly don't want to use my cleverness for power or influence, no thank you.

mmooss1mo ago

I'm not talking about being power hungry, but pulling our weights in the world.

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mmooss1mo ago

We each have power, influence, and responsibility. You're spending yours on cleverness, and wasting others by shifting the focus and undermining their efforts. Cleverness, in the end, doesn't matter.

> Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair didn't waste it.

calvinmorrisonOP1mo ago

i certainly don't want to use my cleverness for power or influence, no thank you.

mmooss1mo ago

I'm not talking about being power hungry, but pulling our weights in the world.

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