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Re:2048, success and me by Swizec on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @03:20PM (#7706533)
> has not changed the world in any significant way

Adding the "in any significant way" qualifier essentially means you agree that 2048 changed the world.

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Re:2048, success and me by magpi3 on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @11:27PM (#7708457)
If I pick up a stone and move it six inches I have changed the world. Some kind of qualifier is necessary for a phrase that vague.
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Re:2048, success and me by john_fushi on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @04:24PM (#7706864)
I guess it has to be implicitly added as soon as we speak about changing the world. At some level everything change the world and then the expression loses its meaning.
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