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[–] 5 points 11 months ago

I may have, at one point. Then I realized that the only reason anyone leaves a 'positive legacy' is because they actively sought to paint themselves that way. In other words, they managed to trick you and everyone else into thinking that it was their singular will that manifested all of this positivity.

Positive legacies are not the product of any one person, they are a collective effort, and the collective shares both the credit and the spoils.

You have to keep in mind, what is a positive legacy? Is it simply being remembered? No, because I've surely planted many trees (I drop seeds where I go) — will anyone remember the man who dropped the seeds?

When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.

— God, Futurama

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