Any virtue systematically applied becomes a vice. Morality is attention, not system. - James Richardson

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I realized that influence was inextricably linked to impact—the more influence you had, the more impact you could create. . . . The ability to make things go viral felt like the closest that we could get to having a human superpower.

James Richardson

Any virtue systematically applied becomes a vice. Morality is attention, not system.

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