Philanthropy by Inspiration
<p>Half a year after completing my departmental service, I published the bestselling book <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/extraterrestrial-avi-loeb?variant=39935330418722" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Extraterrestrial</em></a> in January 2021, concerning the anomalies of the first reported interstellar object, <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: “What do you mean? How did this happen? Can you tell me who the donor is?”, she replied: “I do not know.” To that I said: “It is my privilege as Harvard faculty to know who gave me the money. </p>
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