But you'd need to act very quickly, do something extremely clever with planning regulations, for that to make a contribution to this recovery, as opposed to the next one, or the one after that.

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Do you truly believe that all people are good, hardworking, and eager to do whatever is needed to make a valuable contribution if you just treat them nicely?

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They have to get used to being harshly criticised and dissected by those who disagree with them, and they have to accept that sometimes the people reading their work will know more about the subject than they do and may have a valuable contribution to make to their thinking.

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And in places that do not have much heavy industry it can make quite a large contribution to total emissions: in San Francisco its share is 18%.

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The question becomes, what responsibility do they have to use these tools to improve the world, to make a positive contribution through the gifts they received?

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