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This money is obviously doing a lot of good, but I have to ask why are they making a big song and dance about it? It's the equivalent of me donating 20 bucks to

This money is obviously doing a lot of good, but I have to ask why are they making a big song and dance about it? It's the equivalent of me donating 20 bucks to charity and then going around telling everyone. If they were doing it purely for altruistic reasons then they wouldn't even mention it. It definitely has a commercial purpose behind it. It's better than them not doing it, but don't fall into the trap of believing it's purely altruistic. Google employees don't have a higher set of morals than other companies.

jrockway 16y ago
The thing is, it doesn't matter. Money donated for ego purpose buys just as many polio vaccines as money donated for strictly self-less purposes. For some reason, we are taught that donating money should be strictly altruistic action and we get upset when someone is doing it for publicity or whatever. But in the end, it doesn't matter; money is money, and if people can feed their egos (or make their company look good), and charities get money, that's fine. Everyone benefits.