It's crazy to think that there are still large, untouched swaths of land in LA where one could build, say, a scholarly institute, something akin to a 21st century monastary, should one be so inclined and should one have the coin to pay for it. Sometime in the not-too-distant future we will see that come to pass, when the Berggruen Institute sets up its new campus in the Santa Monica Mountains, just North of the Getty Center. Apparently we are still a society possessed of some lofty ambition. Of course, we're also a society that tortures and murders the mentally ill, so don't go patting civilization on its back just yet.
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