• blandfordforever@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    There will always be some perspective from which the impact of anything can be minimized.

    What is the significance of your life, when viewed from the scale of the universe? It’s utterly meaningless from this perspective. However, your existence is quite significant to that spider you squished.

    Jonas Salk created a polio vaccine that saved countless lives, but whyd he even bother when there are so many other causes of mortality?