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Laying the groundwork

Technology, art, and other advances are only possible because someone else has laid the groundwork.

Shakespeare could write plays because other people had developed the structures and language that became his tools.

What new doors can you open, based on the work of the giants that came before you? What opportunities can you see that they couldn't?

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Solve the problem or leave the problem. But…… Do not live with the problem.

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