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1330 || "convenient" isn't always good

"We must never forget the joy of doing something slow and something difficult, the satisfaction of not doing what is easiest." - Tim Wu


THE SOURCE: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/opinion/sunday/tyranny-convenience.html


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