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“These are the lies our brains tell us to push happiness out of our reach. What is the evolutionary purpose of that? Is happiness stagnation? Maybe. Maybe life (all life, not just human life) is nothing more than wanting something and being able to go for it. What is life with no want? Satisfaction sounds lovely, but evolutionarily it was apparently selected against.”
― Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

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“You're radically collaborative, profoundly empathetic, and deeply communal. Everyone who tells you anything different is selling the fear that is the only thing that can break that nature.”
― Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

tags: community, disempowerment, fear, humanity

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“It might be that saving the world is idiotically simple. Maybe we just need to connect and care for one another.”
― Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

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“The truest strength is shouldering the burden of care.”
― Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

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“The most impactful thing you can do with power is almost always to give it away.”
― Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

tags: empowerment, inequity, power

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