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Paul Graham:What to Do, Excerpt 4

Paul Graham《What to Do》· What to Do · Character · Leadership · Human nature

Taking care of people and the world are shoulds in the sense that they're one's duty, but making good new things is a should in the sense that this is how to live to one's full potential. Historically most rules about how to live have been a mix of both kinds of should, though usually with more of the former than the latter.

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