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When has that worked out for the greater good ? Not trying to sound snarky but I'm really trying to think of an example but can't find one.
by zython 9y ago
When has that worked out for the greater good ?
Not trying to sound snarky but I'm really trying to think of an example but can't find one.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 9y agoGates Foundation
- Trombone12 9y agoSo now the anti-trust of 90 Microsoft and IE 6 counts for nothing it seems.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 9y agoYep, in the grand scheme of things, saving actual kids lives counts for more than killing a rival browser.
- Sophistifunk 9y agoNot just Gates, but on the off chance Musk actually makes it to a permanent Mars settlement, it will be the best thing that's happened to humans since the printing press, if not fire.
- ivanhoe 9y agoor Andrew Carnegie, long before Gates or Musk... he gave away more than 70 billions in today's dollars...
- kerkeslager 9y ago...and kept thousands of workers in poverty despite the massive success of his company through monopolistic business practices, killed a few workers putting down a strike, and built a country club that damaged a dam, causing a flood that killed upward of 2000 people. Donations are nice, but it's not obvious to me that Carnegie was a net positive (or Gates or Musk, for that matter).
- rocky1138 9y agoRockefeller springs to mind.