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oblacious_magnate t1_j2dl5d3 wrote

>It would be more impressive if he did a billion on an original idea.

It's a nice thought, and I share it to some extent, but there is literally no such thing as an original idea: every thought is inspired by previous thought. It's the nature of thought. There is only recombination, the illusion of novelty and the will to carry it out.

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