No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.
Very good. With the way the article ends and the question it asks, here's another perspective on the same thing.
Here's a guy with a 3.5 million dollar violin selling out concerts for 100 dollars a seat when over 23,500 people die each ""day"" from starvation in this modern world.