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Submitted by graham on Sun, 09/06/2009 - 12:00
One of the best ways to help a society generally is to create events and institutions that bring ambitious people together. It's like pulling the control rods out of a reactor: the energy they emit encourages other ambitious people, instead of being absorbed by the normal people they're usually surrounded with.
http://www.paulgraham.com/determination.html#f2n