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Well said. Attribution is important, for obvious human reasons and to direct people to valuable context. But our names will fade fast from history, what matters is the journey of human knowledge.

> It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

--Harry S. Truman

> It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. -- Me, 2026

Jokes aside, this is a thought provoking quote. I do think it's easy to say as a well known figurehead, when the quote and other actions below you may easily be attributed to you, at least partially. But I do agree somewhat, and I think the context around Truman's time (WWII) is a good example of what humanity can accomplish when the stakes at hand supersede the considerations of workers' rights or credit/ownership. Of course this is also a very favorable phrasing for a period of enormous human suffering. I think there is an arms race analogy to be drawn here, though the current situation and stakes are much different.

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Yeah, and it’s amazing that we chose to build our society around maximizing the benefits of taking credit regardless.
(From [0])

'A man may do an immense deal of good, if he does not care who gets the credit for it.'

"QI hypothesizes that a Jesuit Priest named Father Strickland deserves primary credit for this family of sayings. This claim is based on the diary entry dated September 21, 1863 written by Sir Mountstuart E. Grant Duff and multiple attributions thereafter. However, similar maxims may have been developed independently."

[0] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/12/21/doing-good-selfless

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> If you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best

--Albert Einstein (Director, Los Alamos Laboratory)

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