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If anything it reinforces it. Imagine grinding away at a tiresome game, selecting each move perfectly, yet mostly losing. The few Ws you do eke out are often the result of external forces you had no control over. And doing that all your life.

Doing the right thing even when your actions don't matter, when you'll probably fail, and when most people won't thank you for it, is possibly the purest form of heroism.




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