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@ChrisChristie
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Virtually all of the houses with a single occupant or family (as indicated by a single doorbell or knocker) were shoveled clean. Nearly every house with multiple occupants — and most businesses — were unshoveled.
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A common good that requires work to maintain is ignored if there is a diffusion of responsibility.
emphasis mine.
Now nanotechnology had made nearly anything possible, and so the cultural role in deciding what should be done with it had become far more important than imagining what could be done with it.
Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age (see also: plastic surgery) (via syntheticpubes)
this is where we are, now.
When we learn to deal directly with our complaints and difficulties, romanticized ideas about the spiritual path are no longer meaningful. We see that what is important is to take responsibility for ourselves, and to always be aware of our thoughts, feelings, and actions.
