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Bill Gates to give away 99% of his wealth in the next 20 years (www.gatesnotes.com)
submitted 1 day ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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One of the best things I read was an 1889 essay by Andrew Carnegie called The Gospel of Wealth. It makes the case that the wealthy have a responsibility to return their resources to society, a radical idea at the time that laid the groundwork for philanthropy as we know it today.

In the essay’s most famous line, Carnegie argues that “the man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.” I have spent a lot of time thinking about that quote lately. People will say a lot of things about me when I die, but I am determined that "he died rich" will not be one of them.

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[–] Geetnerd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Why would he do that? He's so rich, he can never go broke.

All his "Foundation" bullshit is PR, after he realized everyone hated him before Bush Jr. made all his troubles go away. I wonder how much that "Donation" was?

There is no such thing as a good billionaire.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's my point. A "good" billionaire would make moves not promises and donations.

[–] Geetnerd@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Agreed.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I appreciate how civil most lemmings are. I've been wrong and admit fault. Or unclear and clarify.

We also have idiots on here though. I imagine that ratio may change as Lemmy gets more adoption.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Regression towards the mean is inevitable. The best we can do is hope to model a good culture for future fediverse denizen (fedizens?)

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

I'd prefer fedizen over lemming because I can't get the old lemmings out of my head.