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thaumasiotes' point is not that Bill Gates is not a philanthropic individual, it is that most estimates of wealth are not accounting correctly for the total amo
by tanderson92 10y ago
thaumasiotes' point is not that Bill Gates is not a philanthropic individual, it is that most estimates of wealth are not accounting correctly for the total amount of wealth he has accumulated. He is simply using his wealth for more moral actions.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoI'm not even talking about "the total amount of wealth he has accumulated". If he went spectacularly broke, that wouldn't take away from his lifetime earnings, but it would take away from his current wealth. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is under his direct control and the money goes where he thinks it should go. It's fundamentally identical to a personal entertainment fund. There is no reason to leave it out of estimates of his current worth.