Just imagine how different things would be if that amount of charitable money were suddenly vapourized.
There would be little art, for instance. I don't think most art can survive in the open market.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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