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There are those who make things happen; those who watch things happen; and those who don't know what the heck happened.
— Laws · unknown
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
This sorts people into three kinds: those who drive events, those who merely observe them, and those left bewildered afterward. The tone is wry, ranking engagement from active to passive to clueless, with the last group gently mocked for missing what unfolded even while it happened around them.
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