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Richard Feynman1918–1988

Theoretically, planning may be good. But nobody has ever figured out the cause of government stupidity — and until they do (and find the cure), all ideal plans will fall into quicksand.

Richard Feynman on government

What Do You Care What Other People Think? (1988) (From a 1963 letter to his wife Gweneth, written while attending a gravity conference in Communist-era Warsaw.)

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