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Clearly Bill Gates doesn't need to flaunt his wealth. I'm sure he was just really excited by Da Vinci, and the opportunity to own a real piece of history was t
by blunte 9y ago
Clearly Bill Gates doesn't need to flaunt his wealth. I'm sure he was just really excited by Da Vinci, and the opportunity to own a real piece of history was totally worth it.
Despite Gates's (very) questionable method of rising to greatness, what he has attempted to do with his wealth is well above what most "rich" people do.
- vixen99 9y agoAnd he's done a brilliant PR job. https://www.liberationnews.org/real-agenda-gates-foundation/ https://www.liberationnews.org/real-agenda-gates-foundation/
- zxcmx 9y agoOddly enough I find it easier to believe that Bill Gates wants to change the world for the better than to believe that he is secretly pushing some neocapitalist agenda. Mainly because he personally has everything to gain from the former and practically nothing from the latter at the wealth level he operates at. Dude could get a better return on index funds than from his philanthropy. Cynically, plain investing is low status where he is at, less cynically he has a lot of time to think about things and a lot of resources and I believe many (most? hmm) humans would act the same way under those conditions. Maybe I'm just an optimist.