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On the one hand, you can argue that we originate nothing in ourselves. Everything thing that we know and do comes from observation and imitation. The language we speak we learn from others; our mindset and worldview is imbibed from our surrounding culture. So we can say that since culture creates us, we are communal bodies.
On the other hand, it is undeniable that some people have a natural ability to refine and reimagine their culture better than others. It is in the vested interest of our culture to reward those those with exquisite abilities, because it enables them the time and incentive to to explore and reach the limits of their abilities, thereby enabling them to contribute their best, and the best of humanity, to us all.
On the third hand, free stuff is awesome.
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