I think most of our major challenges are not going to be in the physical field at all. I think they’re going to be in the field of human relations, of getting on with each other, of contributing. People accepting that they have to contribute something, their thoughts, their ideas, maybe even their money, towards producing a world society that is perhaps a little bit more honest and reasonable than it is now.
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Lifehacker, to people about their working day, How I Work
Lifehacker repeatedly used this exact closing prompt in its named How I Work questionnaire.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Matthew Hall, Guardian interview, The Guardian, 9 April 2019 source ↗
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