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I have three problems with the original press release and what it entails. 1 = It comes across as the most epic humble brag of all time. The short form of the

I have three problems with the original press release and what it entails. 1 = It comes across as the most epic humble brag of all time. The short form of the release is simply 'Look how great I am for making 10's of billions and how amazing I am for giving most of it to charity. Hell I will only leave a handful of billions for myself to live off.' 2 = He should not be trying to get credit for something he has not actually done yet. You cannot expect credit for giving 10's of billions to charity until you have actually given it to charity. Wait 20 years and then issue a press release showing how much you have actually given away. 3 = Maybe this is more of cultural issue but it is the height of uncouth behaviour to boast about your charity work. The first we hear about your charity work should be many years in the future when it is exposed that you have given billions to good causes. Deriving even the smallest credit for charity giving only diminishes the giving.

philwelch 11y ago
> Maybe this is more of cultural issue but it is the height of uncouth behaviour to boast about your charity work. The first we hear about your charity work should be many years in the future when it is exposed that you have given billions to good causes. Deriving even the smallest credit for charity giving only diminishes the giving. The Jobses donated anonymously to charity for years and all we ever heard about was how Steve Jobs was an asshole because, unlike Bill Gates, he wasn't a philanthropist. Contrariwise, Bill Gates gave billions of dollars to charity, but only his own charity named the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation" of which he is the full time co-chair, and uses his celebrity to popularize their work.
- sombremesa 11y ago
  > all we ever heard about was how Steve Jobs was an asshole because, unlike Bill Gates, he wasn't a philanthropist. Whoever you heard that from was probably not worth listening to, though.

philwelch 11y ago

> Maybe this is more of cultural issue but it is the height of uncouth behaviour to boast about your charity work. The first we hear about your charity work should be many years in the future when it is exposed that you have given billions to good causes. Deriving even the smallest credit for charity giving only diminishes the giving. The Jobses donated anonymously to charity for years and all we ever heard about was how Steve Jobs was an asshole because, unlike Bill Gates, he wasn't a philanthropist. Contrariwise, Bill Gates gave billions of dollars to charity, but only his own charity named the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation" of which he is the full time co-chair, and uses his celebrity to popularize their work.

sombremesa 11y ago
> all we ever heard about was how Steve Jobs was an asshole because, unlike Bill Gates, he wasn't a philanthropist. Whoever you heard that from was probably not worth listening to, though.