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Napoleon Bonaparte believed there was a star in the sky that was dedicated to him.

Men seem to have a higher opinion of themselves and are more willing to invest in their sometimes farfetched ideas. Some of those farfetched ideas have turned out to be valuable and have harvested a bounty.

Awareness of bounty results in more people taking more risks and chasing after their hairbrained ideas, a few of which are share a wide appeal.

The California gold rush is a good example, a time when many San Francisco merchants became rich.

Only a madman would pursue a dream that reaped no harvest and many do.

We need more mad women.



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