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andsoitis | karma 15255 | avg karma 3.51 · 2023-03-28 09:53:11

> The actual impact of those things is pretty small

That’s the definition of NOT changing the world.

reidjs | karma 2452 | avg karma 2.47 · 2023-03-28 18:07:39

I guess I interpreted the expression literally as "changed the world [at all]", when most people interpret it as "changed the world [significantly]".

andsoitis | karma 15255 | avg karma 3.51 · 2023-03-29 09:41:45

everyone means "significantly" when they use that phrase.

otherwise, even an ant changes the world but nobody would say that.