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Day 195: Give Back

July 13 (1985) 1.5 billion people -- 85% of the world’s television sets -- watch Live Aid, a rock concert performed on the same day in Philadelphia and London, to benefit world hunger.

Live Aid raised $283 million (over $1 billion by today’s standards). Our efforts to raise money for a worthy cause through the arts will necessarily pale in comparison; nonetheless, today think about creating something that people will pay money for ... just not to you.