in a positive world bettering sort of way, or is that merely sort of nonsense to think about?

能够积极地改进这个世界，还是说他们的研究都是空洞的东西呢？

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Not saying that the external circumstances are not important, we should focus also on improving them,bettering them, whether for ourselves,for society at large.

并不是说，外部环境不重要，我们同样应该注重改善外部环境，无论是我们自己，或对整个社会。

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