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30 Days of Heinlein – Day 5

The future is better than the past. Despite the crepehangers, romanticists, and anti-intellectuals, the world steadily grows better because the human mind, applying itself to environment, makes it better. With hands…with tools…with horse sense and science and engineering. — The Door Into Summer

by daddybear71 on December 8, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by daddybear71 on December 8, 2011

https://daddybearsden.com/2011/12/08/30-days-of-heinlein-day-5/

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  1. Unknown's avatar

    North

     /  December 8, 2011

    Except that “better” isn't the goal of some extremists. RAH was talking about civilization here, not about the mindless fanatics that want to destroy.

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    Old NFO

     /  December 8, 2011

    Dang it, North beat me to it… and Horse sense? Not ANY sense with some of the idjits today…

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    DaddyBear

     /  December 9, 2011

    I've always taken this to mean that those who work hard and work smart will always make things better, even though the rest of the world is trying to drag us back.

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