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The most valuable commodity

May 19, 2016 Eric Johnson

New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.

— Kurt Vonnegut (@Kurt_Vonnegut) May 19, 2016

The pursuit of truth and understanding, the neverending stretching of our boundaries of knowledge is THE human pursuit.

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