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> sometimes making decisions that are nominally about a higher goal but (not really coincidentally) are self-aggrandizing

"Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong."



Isn’t that reference like the exact opposite? It’s nominally self-aggrandizing (he’s the only one who could have gotten it right) but is actually about a higher goal (sacrificing himself for everyone else’s sake). That’s how I remember reacting to it anyways.


No doubt Sam Altman thinks this is the case - which, perhaps, is the entire point.


It has been a decade, but let me guess, Mass effect 3 Mordin? I rather not look it up lol.


Damn this line still pulls at the heart strings... Might have to replay




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