QuestionerHow can we, as outside investors, judge the state of Berkshire's culture long after you departed from the company?
WarrenYeah, well, I think it's fair that you do, you know, come with a questioning mind to the culture, both me and Charlie, but I think you're going to be very, I don't think you should be surprised, but I think you will be very pleased with the outcome. part of Berkshire to have a clearly defined, deeply embedded culture that pervades the parent company, the subsidiary companies. It's even reflected in our shareholders. And, you know, when you have 97% of the shareholders vote and say we don't want a dividend, I don't think there's another company like that in the world. So we have a, our directors sign on for it, and there again, we behave consistently. Instead of having a bunch of directors who are loved to be a director because I'd like to get two or three hundred thousand dollars a year for showing up four times a year, we have directors who look at it as a great opportunity for stewardship and who want their ownership and have their ownership represented by buying stock in the market exactly like you do. So we try to make clear and define that culture in every way possible, and it's gotten reinforced over the years to an extreme degree. People who join us believe in it. People who shun us don't believe in it. So we, it's self-reinforcing. And I think it's a virtual certainty to continue and to become even stronger. Because once Charlie and I aren't around, it will be so clear that it's not the force of personality, but it's the, it's institutionalized that, you know, nobody will doubt that it will, uh, you know, nobody will doubt that it will, uh, really continue for decades and decades and decades to come.