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If we define "power-hungry" so broadly that it encompasses merely wanting to make the world a better place, I'm not sure what use the term is anymore.
by chc 11y ago
If we define "power-hungry" so broadly that it encompasses merely wanting to make the world a better place, I'm not sure what use the term is anymore.
- bigbugbag 11y agoI sincerely doubt Zucker wants to make the world a better place, else why would he be doing the opposite while making billions out of it ? Usually a billionaire giving his fortune away does it out of vanity, out of guilt, for the tax breaks, out of conviction that their success in business makes them equally expert in solving the world’s problems or last but not least as “legacy” as explained by John Caudwell: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/mar/07/new-philanthropists-wealthy-people http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/mar/07/new-philanthr...
- Veedrac 11y agoI sincerely doubt he thinks he has been doing the opposite.
- reddytowns 11y agoWhat is so awful about Facebook? I mean it's hardly an original idea, and if Facebook never existed, I'm sure that Myspace or Friendster or some hereto unknown company would have taken its place. It's like hating Ford because they make cars, while ignoring all other automobile companies.
- DanBC 11y agoYur analogy makes more sense if Ford make cars that contain cameras and microphones and they monitor everything you say and do and where you go and they send all that information back to the mothership. And they want to build cars for all poor people, but those cars can only travel to certain destinations on certain roads, but Ford making and providing these cars means other organisations who sell bicycles or mopeds or small cars (which provide a lot more freedom) are hampered.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoThe problem is "better" is subjective, and its probably preferred that the majority of people determine what better is instead of the small minority of people with billions of dollars. I like the future Bill Gates and Elon Musk want to bring. I do not like the future the Koch Brother's envision.
- jsnathan 11y agoBut would you be in the majority with that? :)
- toomuchtodo 11y agoYes, I'm part of the 7.3 billion people who are not billionaires.
- jsnathan 11y agoSorry I was referring to the second part of your comment. Even if you happen to be in majority with your progressive views, in this instance, there is no guarantee for that generally, especially if we consider the entire global populace.. is what I was trying to point out.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoI'd argue 7 billion people can find common ground on what you'd consider "quality of life" for everyone.
- jsnathan 11y agoThat seems counterfactual to me, but that's just my opinion.
- ArkyBeagle 11y agoFirst you'll get the one, then the other. Elon Musk and Gates are hardcore egotists. Charles Koch was just trying to live up to his father's expectations. He's stated that his guiding principle is economic consumer surplus. I won't excuse the whole "killer instinct" thing they all have in common. It's just how humans sometimes work. Don't get me wrong - Koch et al is a weird company but there's room for that, too. W.R.T energy I hope you're right but it moves slowly.