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Absolutely. But imo most of us (including myself) find it difficult to spend a token amount of our earning or net worth for a public good.
by hkmurakami 11y ago
Absolutely. But imo most of us (including myself) find it difficult to spend a token amount of our earning or net worth for a public good.
- gohrt 11y agoIt wasn't a public good, it was a Microsoft marketing campaign to push people onto the Silverlight platform. MS never made the Feynman Lectures free for all to read.
- adventured 11y agoIt was a public good and it required silverlight. Try going to a public library and checking out books without a library card (which almost always cost money). Therefore under your premise public libraries are not for the common good because they have numerous use stipulations that go with them and they inherently restrict usage via fees.
- jkaunisv1 11y agoReally? I thought giving to charity was a fairly common and widespread practice around the world. If you're looking for ideas on where your money could make a difference, think about open source projects you use regularly, local food banks, EFF, Amnesty International, or check out the Awesome Foundation! And if you need help rationalizing it to yourself, consider that you could make a concrete, tear-inducing (positive) difference in somebody's life for the cost of a dinner at a decent restaurant or an Xbox game.