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		robryan on Oct 8, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bread and Circuses: The State of Web App Startups It's hard to help people if they don't want to help themselves first.

marshallp on Oct 8, 2010 [–]

There aren't people who don't want to help themselves - it's a basic instinct in every life form. There are people who "don't know how" to help themselves though.

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