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		mseebach on Sept 17, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Smart Things Jeff Bezos Has Said That's pedantry. To the extend smartness is a choice, it's not something you can decide to do from day to day. Being nice very much is.

Timmmmbob on Sept 17, 2013 [–]

Is it? I mean obviously you can choose to be nice or nasty, but maybe in the same way that obese people can choose to exercise and eat healthily. Some people are definitely nicer than others by default.

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