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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B0F0'>So many geniuses throughout history had no opportunity to show their stuff,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B0F0'>and so many today as well, though arguably fewer never get to be heard.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B0F0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B0F0'>I wish all the people of the future have the same privileges and advantages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B0F0'>that I do or at least the opportunity to have them. Let's ALL party!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B0F0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B0F0'>Bill W<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What resonates with me is what I believe was Bill W’s main point as stated above. The practice of subjugating a group is not only harmful for members of that group but all of society.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In the sci-fi book I am working on a sage tells a story to a young charge. In the story a civilization on a faraway planet had squandered a natural resource and perished when their aging star made life uninhabitable. It takes the student a long time to guess what that resource was. It turns out that this most valuable resource was the civilization’s own people. By marginalizing certain groups, society did not gain the benefit of all of the civilization’s geniuses. If all of their geniuses and other talented folks had been allowed to blossom over millions of years they would have developed the technology to leave their aging solar system.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ivor<o:p></o:p></p></div>
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