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		Swizec on May 6, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 2048, success and me > has not changed the world in any significant way Adding the "in any significant way" qualifier essentially means you agree that 2048 changed the world.

magpi3 on May 7, 2014 | [–]

If I pick up a stone and move it six inches I have changed the world. Some kind of qualifier is necessary for a phrase that vague.

john_fushi on May 6, 2014 | [–]

I guess it has to be implicitly added as soon as we speak about changing the world. At some level everything change the world and then the expression loses its meaning.

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