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Commencement Speech: Equivalence Classes of Men

June 7, 2017Original blog post

'Do not define a man by his wealth: that would create confusing equivalence classes of indistinguishable men.'

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"Do not define a man by his wealth. Among other drawbacks, that would create confusing equivalence classes of indistinguishable men."

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