FABLE: The Incarnation Of Altruism

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There once lived a most wonderful man. Not only was he a great intellect but he was described as 'the incarnation of altruism'.

 

When World War II broke out his donated his Nobel Prize medal to be melted down and the proceeds put towards the war effort.

 

He also summoned a former pupil who has been put in charge of developing an atomic bomb by Adolf Hitler and told him it would be morally wrong to deliver on the project.

 

His former student made almost zero progress on the project during the war.

 

 MORAL: History can turn on smaller events than we imagine.

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