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Isn't this the whole point? Surely no one still believes in that stuff anymore.

If Qian made China 1% stronger, he was a great man. But does a <1% difference actually change anything?

Simple has nothing to do with good. This isn't a deep insight — it's just that "first principles" as an aesthetic keeps tricking people into thinking peeling layers off is the same thing as understanding. A skyscraper is complicated. The answer to "this is too complicated" isn't "live in a hut." The hut is simple. The hut also can't hold a million people.

But I am not a million people.

Emphatic disagree with your points.


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