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Reminds me of this parable (paraphrased):

A man is standing on a beach after a storm with the tide out, where there are thousands of starfish baking in the sun, slowly dying. The man is picking up the starfish one at a time, and throwing them into the ocean.

A bystander is walking by, and says, "Why are you doing that? There are thousands of starfish and it won't make a difference."

The man picks up another starfish and says, "To this one it matters," and throws it into the ocean.



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