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Russell Baker

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.

Russell Baker

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Russell Baker is saying that harmful actions often claimed to be necessary for progress are actually just harmful actions without true benefit. He warns against using the idea of progress as a justification for causing damage or suffering.

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