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This is the frustrating thing about most modern billionaires. They're so... boring and conventional. I'd much rather Zuckerberg took those millions he dumped i
by akozak 16y ago
This is the frustrating thing about most modern billionaires. They're so... boring and conventional.
I'd much rather Zuckerberg took those millions he dumped into New Jersey public schools and built a spaceship that billions of kids around the world could watch fly into space.
I mean, yea Bill Gates malaria is important to solve, but can't you do that AND build a totally sweet space station?
- oldstrangers 16y agoAnother Microsoft billionaire, Paul Allen, has done some pretty cool space related things like SpaceShipOne. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne
- cpeterso 16y agoSF author David Brin proposes an organization that champions philanthropic ventures that might earn rich donors a historic legacy. For example, funding a flight to the moon or Mars or building a free university in a third-world nation. http://www.futurist.com/articles-archive/business-and-economics/future-philanthropy-1-the-eye-of-the-needle-foundation/ http://www.futurist.com/articles-archive/business-and-econom...