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What does it mean?
Moral courage fixes wrongs, while creative courage discovers new patterns for society.
In plain terms
Creative courage builds new things instead of fixing old ones.
What can you take from it?
Create new forms to build a better society.

Where it applies

  • social reform
  • artistic creation
  • leadership

Putting it to work

  • explore new ideas
  • challenge norms
  • build new systems

Questions to consider

  • What new forms do you see?
  • How do you create?

Another view

Fixing wrongs is also necessary for progress.

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