There is at least one billionare who is thinking different: http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_16792615 http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_16792615 Th

There is at least one billionare who is thinking different: http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_16792615 http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_16792615 That's a story about the eight philanthropies Thiel is funding, which are much more oriented along the lines of "give a man the plans for a new fishing machine" than traditional philanthropy.