> On 06/25/2024 7:06 PM CDT Sellam Abraham via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 4:54 PM Rick Bensene via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
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> > > Allen’s estate, which has been managing and winding down his vast array
> > of holdings
> > >
> >
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> I'm compelled to look at this from a perspective that I believe is
> completely objective (yell at me if you think otherwise):
>
> If I was worth $20 BILLION and had the passion and goals that were
> expressed to you by Mr. Allen,...
...
>
> All this being said, god rest the soul of Paul Gardner Allen. He
> accomplished a lot of good in his lifetime.
>
> Sellam
Once I let my shock and anger at this settle, I thought of another possibility.
Not making any sort of claim that this is how it went, but just throwing it
out there.
Man people, once they are up close and personal with their mortality, change
their perspective dramatically. When Allen realized he didn't have long, maybe
what had seemed very important suddenly just seemed a waste of time. Or
something similar. I've witnessed that sort of thing quite a few times, and
even experienced it personally to some degree. And perhaps to someone with his
wealth, that mortality is even more shocking. If you are used to getting
anything and everything you want or need at the wave of a hand, realizing you
are going to die and can't do a damned thing about it must be a real shock.
I'll never know :-)
So, maybe, just maybe, he did have that passion to preserve that history. But
when he realized he didn't have long, his perspective changed and he just
didn't care, whether it was "I just don't care about it any more" or "it's
futile to try," either way, he just let it go.
As someone (Chuck?) mentioned, many, many things have been lost that are
historically significant. Many more will. It's impossible to preserve
everything that everyone want to preserve, so it will continue to happen. So
perhaps this end result was intentional. We'll probably never know.
Would that make it any better?
Will
