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    14 days ago

    We claw at the walls of the hole, till our fingers are bloody, knowing we won’t achieve much. However, with enough time and effort, those scrapes will become the footholds for future generations to climb that much higher out of hell. Just as we stand braced by the effort of our ancestors.

    It’s not an easy climb, but each attempt makes the next one that bit easier.

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        14 days ago

        The goal isn’t to get out, just improving things is a win. Even when we backslide, reclimbing an existing path, or forging a new one, based on the lessons of a failed path is an improvement.

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            13 days ago

            Each step up is still an improvement, in absolute terms. Most of human development has been finding out how to move up the hole.

            I’m happy if I can leave things for our children even slightly better than we received it. It’s the ultimate relay race.

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                13 days ago

                Welcome to life. I can’t get you out of it, all I can do is make it that bit better, in the hope that you can build on that further.