Philanthropy by Inspiration

<p>Half a year after completing my departmental service, I published the bestselling book&nbsp;<a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/extraterrestrial-avi-loeb?variant=39935330418722" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Extraterrestrial</em></a>&nbsp;in January 2021, concerning the anomalies of the first reported interstellar object,&nbsp;<a href="https://arxiv.org/vc/arxiv/papers/2110/2110.15213v1.pdf" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">`Oumuamua</a>. Within a few months, a flood of influential people and multi-billionaires showed up at the porch of my home and offered financial support to my research account at Harvard University. The first among them did not contact me. I received an email from the administrator of the Harvard Astronomy department stating that I have a new research account. When I inquired: &ldquo;What do you mean? How did this happen? Can you tell me who the donor is?&rdquo;, she replied: &ldquo;I do not know.&rdquo; To that I said: &ldquo;It is my privilege as Harvard faculty to know who gave me the money.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://avi-loeb.medium.com/philanthropy-by-inspiration-84414565ee0"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>