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More valuable at the moment, I guess so... but also utterly pointless.

• Domenic_S 14y ago
  Or not, because if you build/do something really meaningful, it will be impacting people long after you turn to dust. People often call that 'leaving a legacy'. MLK's legacy makes people's lives better, today, every day. Lincoln's legacy does the same. Steve Jobs, Henry Ford, etc. Ansel Adams, John Lennon. All these people are gone, but the version of light that they each brought to the world touches new lives -- people that are living -- every single day. And then the people who are living get inspired and do the same, on and on forever.
  • crusso 14y ago
    Pointless to the individual after he is dust, though. There is no meaning to dust.
    • Domenic_S 14y ago
      That's the point. If the impact of your life is measured by the number of people you affect, then you want the have best possible affect spread over the most amount of people possible. Some people have lived such meaningful lives that their impact outlives them. If you can have an impact on the living not only while you are living but while you're dead, that's quite the accomplishment.