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Re:Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find? by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @08:33PM (#22951667)
> Is there reason to think that people in the past were more selfless and less economically motivated?

Einstein certainly was.

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Re:Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find? by eindiran on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @08:50PM (#22951754)
I don't think your parent comment meant "is is not the case that there exists at least one person in the past who was more selfless and less economically motivated".
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