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The two good reasons for doing anything at all

mark | July 8, 2011

There are, I suggest, only two good reasons for doing anything. The first is that it is something that enough people need or want doing, such that a group of equals would self-organise to share the work and get it done. The second is that it is some goal, product, aim, service or hobby that [...]

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