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The Athens reminder was an encouraging Hallmark that I shall carry in my heart. To have faith in humanity is fundamental to our sanity.

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I am profoundly glad that this article resonated with you Jeanine. We all need strong hallmarks in order to nurture our hearts with motives to fight for better days!

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This was a brilliant piece, almost like reading a screenplay or a prose poem. I loved how you bring us back to the glories of Pericles' Athens to describe what a flourishing prosperous society looked like then. The imagery of Athena was a great choice (she's a personal favorite of mine), and then how you brought us back to the disturbing financial present with an irrefutable citation of stats. IDK how far you got into the SVB situation, but there are more layers of that onion to peel back. Bravo, Thi! And thank you for creating this.

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Hi there VP. It is a great pleasure to have such a gifted writer around! Welcome to Agency. May I offer you some fresh coffee or tea?

Thank you so much for the feedback, I try my best to make the publications fun, immersive, and interesting to study, and I found in storytelling a true ally for that! To rescue treasures from the past is an important part of this process, I almost went with Minerva but you made me realize that Athena was in fact the right choice!

As for the SVB situation, I've been tuned to the biggest financial and business news outlets but I do acknowledge that they might have been only scratching the surface of all the facts. The way you put it itches the journalist in me to look for the deeper layers of this onion and that, I shall do!

Thank you again! I will try my best to keep these numbers updated throughout the next months.

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