(Originally written June 15, 2006)
This is the original outline of Trillion Dollar Knowledge, an essay in Essays.
Absolute knowledge is like one million dollars. Unfortunately, man is capable of achieving one dollar and most of us have less than a quarter. But, the fact remains that all men know that there is a million dollars out there. Absolute knowledge is known to exist and we strive to obtain it, yet we are capable of only a tiny portion of it. Even in cases where man achieves more than their dollar's worth they are completely unequipped to handle it. Thus, genius and madness go hand in hand. Could man obtain the million dollars, he would not be able to store it, let alone pass it to another.
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