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A USEFUL LIFE IS A GOOD LIFE, A LIFE WORTH HAVING LIVED
\u201cTry to live a useful life. Do things that are useful to your fellow human beings, to the world.\u00a0 It\u2019s very hard to be useful, very hard.\u00a0 Are you contributing more than you consume? Can you try to have a positive net contribution to society? I think that\u2019s the thing to aim for. Not to try to be a leader for the sake of being a leader.\u00a0 If you live a useful life, that is a good life, a life worth having lived.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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