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Human Reason Can Neither Predict Nor Deliberately Shape Its Own Future. Its Advances Consist In Finding Out Where It Has Been Wrong.
-Friedrich August Von Hayek
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Human Reason Can Neither Predict Nor Deliberately
Friedrich August Von Hayek
Human Reason Can Neither Predict Nor Deliberately Shape Its Own Future. Its Advances Consist In Finding Out Where It Has Been Wrong.
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