Pluralism matters because life is not worth living without new experiences - new people, new places, new challenges. … - Tim Harford

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It was a cherished experience. I feel I got the chance to see the inner workings of the grand order of things. In the overall scheme of things, it proves that men can do about anything they want to if they work hard enough at it, and I knew that I could do it. . . and that leads, of course, to a strong suspicion that everybody else can do it if they want to.

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