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Patrick Schein - Gold refiner
I will tell a story, an anecdote
It is called the Ruskin Paradox.
It is about a man who made his fortune and boards a boat
to go back home
carrying all his fortune with him, a bag full of Gold
and the boat sinks !
So he hooks tightly the bag to his belt
and says: "I will hook it very tight otherwise I will loose my Gold"
Short after, the captain says: "Everybody plunge ! Evacuate ! Evacuate !"
He takes a plunge but cannot swim because he carries to much Gold. So he sinks !
So my question is :
Is it Man who possesses Gold or Gold who possesses Man ?