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Lessons from Václav Havel for a profession in decline

The heart-shaped tribute to Václav Havel in Prague. Photo by Joshua Doležal.

A famous saying goes something like this: If you are not a communist before the age of 20, you have no heart. If you are a communist after the age of 30, you have no head. The line has been falsely attributed to Winston Churchill and many other world leaders, often with “libera…