A fundamental element of human nature is the need for creative work, f…

Noam Chomsky
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A fundamental element of human nature is the need for creative work, for creative inquiry, for free creation without the arbitrary limiting effects of coercive institutions. A decent society should maximize the possibilities for this fundamental human characteristic to be realized. ✨ Noam Chomsky, Michel Foucault (2013). The Chomsky - Foucault Debate: On Human Nature, p.35, The New Press
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