"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

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My mom absolutely hated after I read that quote as a teenager. ๐Ÿ˜‚
I dont like this statement. It assumes that all adaptations inflicted on the world are positive ones. It is unreasonable and arrogant in many cases, to presume that nature is imperfect, and that it can be improved on. Some of the most destructive adaptations have arrisen through the arrogance of the medical fraternity.
In changing yourself, you change the world. And the one thing you can master is yourself. So that's backwards, isn't it?
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