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To: From: Jeffrey Epstein Sent Wed 6/19/2013 12:09:59 PM A, It was a true treat to have french brie in a japanese garden in paris with a person who appears to understand the nuances of gardening and its relationship to real life. Your kindness was greatly appreciated. I thought I'd attempt a modest return of the kindness by providing you my thoughts on our conversation. These thoughts are tailored , less like your bed sheets , but more like a bath towel. more warm encompassing and hopefully functional. I thought i might share some of my past experiences with some of the worlds most interesting thinkers that at I, at least , have found to be beneficial. - before doing that however-, I was serious in staffing that I owe a signifigant debt to Edmonde, his principles that he so generously shared with me 30 years ago has acted as a compass for my business life. Aesthetics are a core factor and i try to keep them in mind as I craft solutions to financial problems . Each problem has a myriad of solutions but few are truly beautiful. HIs ideas of the role of a " banker " was glorious. social responsibity from both the top down and the bottom up. - Banking businesses have become similar to systems that can only be compared to biology. or garden ecology. The cntititcs each have what on first blush appear to have many independent , flowers, or systems, that require energy balance and an overall health. Unlike the thinking of the past ,that was sculpted by the language of the industrial revolution . People and orgaanizations were described in machine like terms, In essence push the button here and something we already expect or know to happen , will occur. in math , we say the outcomes were determined, As systems become more complex, this no longer happens. We fertilize the tree as it looked unhealthy, but then it grew so large and thick that the moss underneath had no light and killed the plants. In biological tersm, to paraphrase your words -all successful systems need to have the same DNA , HOWEVER, each bush must first grow on its own, . Our heart pumps blood , the liver cleans it, they dont share the same responsibilities but they must be independent while at the same time working for the benefit of the system, Asking finance people to become philanthropists and philanthropists financial enginneers , is usually if evolution is a guide, a sub optimal soluiton ., It works in small businesses , or a singe! flower pot but as the many divisions get larger and more autonomous, speciailizaation, ( again biological system). is the way millions of years of trial and error have proven most effective. If you were once again to focus on being the banker to the world leaders, giving them what they themselves require, help, guidance , expertise, it is my experience that they are always more agreeable to then helping their own people. Entrepeneurs do not exist in Africa, we disagree, I believe they arc merely agents of large foreign companies, it is almost impossible to find a new disruptive technology that has come out of the enitre continent. ( I as you might already know have had the privledge to sit on the Trilateral commission for years when the Rockefeller focus and dream was for Latin America to develop on its own, . ) Davids idealism was strong but inversely proportional to the results. It took new , young thinking from the outside to bring Columbia and Brazil to their potentials. I would sugggest that the unique scope of your reach, and the worlds most exclusive financail brand , can go a long way to making posiitive change, in many places, but I believe keeping in mind that hope should guide a strategy , not dictate it. As you are a senstive soul you realize I , like you, speak my mind, directly . Edmonds caution EFTA_R1_00458170 EFTA01973757 to me re his own family and what he believed to be its future complications have proven prescient. When I am next in europe , if you think you might find it interesting and fun I am more than happy to spend more time to talk gardening ,shooting biology, ( ill stay away from tech ). I remain, the idealistic gardener, Jeffrey Epstien *********************************************************** The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of Jeffrey Epstein Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to jes% [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved EFTA_R1_00458171 EFTA01973758