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Namely something after yourself is tacky. But what should buildings be named after? Famous scientists? Planets? Feeney seems like an awesome guy but sadly in 1
by smattiso 6y ago
Namely something after yourself is tacky. But what should buildings be named after? Famous scientists? Planets?
Feeney seems like an awesome guy but sadly in 100 years nobody will know his name!
- Xavdidtheshadow 6y agoWhy not "SF General Hospital"?
- anonAndOn 6y agoBecause that's the Zuckerberg SF General Hospital and not just for kids. [0] [0]https://zuckerbergsanfranciscogeneral.org/ https://zuckerbergsanfranciscogeneral.org/
- gpm 6y agoRight, this isn't a general hospital so replace general with children's, but the point stands. If there actually two general hospitals, do what Toronto East General Hospital did, subdivide by location.
- cellis 6y agoSaint Francisco was also a person at one point.
- waterhouse 6y agoSaint Francis, actually. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi
- ahmedalsudani 6y agoAnd yet, I would venture to guess he’s more satisfied than somebody trying to get his name onto a big building. Recognizing what’s important to you and knowing that you have it is what’s actually valuable.
- cortesoft 6y agoThe type of people driven to become super rich aren't usually the types to be satisfied with what they have, otherwise they would have stopped well before they got as wealthy as they did.
- HenryKissinger 6y ago> But what should buildings be named after? Famous scientists? Planets? Basic numbers and letters. Building 4, Building C, Building 97, Building Z, etc.
- anonAndOn 6y agoJohn Harvard and Elihu Yale seemed to have avoided this fate. And Leland Stanford had the same name as his father, so maybe founding a university is the way to go here?
- M277 6y agoMost people just gloss over the names from experience, without caring much about who it was named after / the origin.
- talmr 6y agoPeople who mean well will always know his name.
- grasshopperpurp 6y ago>Feeney seems like an awesome guy but sadly in 100 years nobody will know his name! I'm 99.9999999% certain that no one cares about their name when they're dead.
- asaph 6y agoA lot of people care about their legacy.
- eindiran 6y agoA lot of universities end up renaming buildings after later rounds of donors, so even getting your name up on the building isn't a guarantee.
- vchak1 6y agoAnd sometimes the legacy is just that the world is a better place thanks to their efforts, and has not much to do with having your name all over the place.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoYou might care about your legacy while you're alive, but after you're dead, there is no you, so it's not possible for you to care about your legacy after you're dead.
- abraxas 6y agoBut only before they die.
- vkou 6y ago'Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?' -Sir Pratchett Given how much weight most folks put in defining themselves through other people...
- Balgair 6y agoI'm not sure what the actual name of the phenomenon is but I've heard it call 'wife-name-last name' syndrome. Basically, the uber rich want to be seen as something more than just money. Guys like Anschutz and whatnot. There seems to be a pattern where they get a new shiny glass and steel building with a bunch of sick kids in it, and then they put the wife's name, an ampersand, his name, and the last name in big 3-D letters on the side. Likely it's a tax writeoff. Also, not to be too cynical, but it's not a bad thing overall. The money could be sitting in the Caymans afterall.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoMost of the worlds money is sitting in the Cayman’s after-all, or hidden away as art investments inside of storage containers.
- srpinto 6y agoIs it really? Where can I read about it?
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers https://www.businessinsider.com/tax-havens-for-millionaires-around-the-world-2019-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/tax-havens-for-millionaires-...
- refurb 6y agoI don't see anything to suggest "it's most of the world's wealth". Do you have another source?
- hindsightbias 6y agoothers: https://longreads.com/2018/05/29/tax-free-storage-wars/ https://longreads.com/2018/05/29/tax-free-storage-wars/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Freeport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Freeport
- Shivetya 6y agopoliticians do it all the time and sometimes they don't even wait till who they name it after has passed. I would much rather someone have something named for them who donated their own wealth than a political party go around stamping their members names everywhere. I would much rather have the naming of government buildings to be never named for any politician.
- yodsanklai 6y ago> Namely something after yourself is tacky. I think it's a cultural thing. In some countries it would be considered very poor taste for someone to pay to get their name on a building. If it's an academic building, I think it makes more sense to name it after someone who contributed to the field. Or it could simply be the "CS building".
- kyawzazaw 6y ago> If it's an academic building, I think it makes more sense to name it after someone who contributed to the field. Or it could simply be the "CS building". Have you seen the halls of the US univerisites?
- oh_sigh 6y agoMaybe we could be inspired by the soviets. IE a theater where musicals and plays are put on is called: House of Culture of State Ball-Bearing Plant Number 1
- biztos 6y ago> Famous scientists? Yes, absolutely. And if a certain General Hospital in San Francisco were not named after the tackiest of billionaires then maybe it could honor, I dunno, Hugh Toland? Instead of dedicating most of its "about us" page to shining a youngish oligarch's already controversial reputation? https://zuckerbergsanfranciscogeneral.org/about-us/our-history/ https://zuckerbergsanfranciscogeneral.org/about-us/our-histo...
- larrik 6y agoAs someone not in the area, I had no idea this was a thing.
- throwaway987978 6y agoWhen I moved to SF and saw signs for Zuckerberg SF General Hospital, I thought to myself "Surely, that must be just a coincidence and it's not named after Mark Zuckerberg." I was wrong.
- BorisMelnik 6y agoagree, naming something after yourself is tacky. but having that much clout that someone names something after you is baller.
- daveFNbuck 6y agoWhy name it after anything? "UCSF Children's Hospital" tells you everything you need to know.
- anonAndOn 6y agoBecause they needed to raise a lot of money to build the new campus.[0] SF Children's was at the old location, Benioff Children's is at the new location. [0]https://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/maps_and_directions/parnassus/ https://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/maps_and_directions/par...
- daveFNbuck 6y agoI was responding to the question of what we should name buildings after, if not donors.
- reddog 6y agoBecause naming rights have a very real, tangible value and you can sell them to further your mission? I guess Jerry Jones could have named his stadium "Dallas Cowboys Football Stadium" and that would have certainly told you everything you need to know. But instead he called it AT&T stadium and pockets $400 million. Both Jones and AT&T are happy. Same principle applies to colleges and hospitals.
- daveFNbuck 6y agoI was responding to the question of what we should name buildings after, if not donors.
- billiam 6y agoOr, maybe, when we realize our society is set up to increase billionaires' fortunes, not happiness or well-being, his example of Giving While Living will become a standard for the very rich, and everyone will know his name. Why not make the word for a selfless act a Feeney?
- sparc24 6y agoNo it is NOT. Trump Tower, Trump Airlines. Trump Taj Mahal Oh wait.. NVM
- goatherders 6y agoWho cares if anyone remembers a person's name in 100 years. How many people from the 1920s can you reference by name? 10? 20?