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Paul Rand is a self-enriching profiteer who chose a career in ophthalmology in order to maximize his income, and did well for himself.
Paul Rand is a physician-profiteer who chose ophthalmology as a means of generating maximum revenue with minimal effort, and did well for himself.


He did well by falsifying his accreditation— as if rules don't apply to him, as if he can never earn enough, as if the *purity* of his desire for wealth puts him above society.
He did well by falsifying his accreditation— as if rules don't apply to him, as if he can never earn enough, as if the *purity* of his desire for wealth puts him above society.

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"The purity of his desire for wealth" is a short essay by Karl Jones.

The purity of his desire for wealth

Paul Rand is a physician-profiteer who chose ophthalmology as a means of generating maximum revenue with minimal effort, and did well for himself.

He did well by falsifying his accreditation— as if rules don't apply to him, as if he can never earn enough, as if the *purity* of his desire for wealth puts him above society.

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