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I’ve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a 
medal, rewards a great teacher with thank-you notes from parents, but rewards those who can detect 
the mispricing of securities with sums reaching into the billions. In short, fate’s distribution of long 
straws is wildly capricious.

From Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge
http://givingpledge.org/pdf/letters/Buffett_Letter.pdf