I think the fact that countless civilizations (many more advanced than ours) saw the value and utility in gold impresses me much more than musings from the Oracle of Omaha. Ten thousand years ago, gold was seen as the ultimate store value, and no one had ever heard of Berkshire Hathaway. Ten thousand years from now, gold will still be here — and I doubt very much that anyone will remember who the hell Warren Buffet or Berkshire Hathaway were. Some of us know history.
