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When you consider beliefs in evolutionary terms, do not look at how they compete with each other, but consider the survival of the populations that have them.
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You need rich people in your society not so much because in spending their money they create jobs, but because of what they have to do to get rich. I’m not talking about the trickle-down effect here. I’m not saying that if you let Henry Ford get rich, he’ll hire you as a waiter at his next party. I’m saying that he’ll make you a tractor to replace your horse.
Hackers & Painters - Big Ideas From the Computer Age
Paul Graham
And then there are the Wright brothers, the inventors of the airplane according to the schoolbooks. Never mind that the first powered flight was executed nine months prior to theirs, by a New Zealander named Richard Pearse. Seemingly, it’s the last person who makes a discovery that really matters, not the first.
The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success
Albert-László Barabási
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