666. This Is How Progress Happens
Economic progress is driven not by broad-based effort but by a small, culturally empowered segment of the population whose innovations are amplified by institutions and shared widely—yet the sustainability of this progress depends on maintaining open, rule-bound societies that tolerate fa
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