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> is just testing to see if this type of philanthropy has better results. The idea of a billionaire spending time minmax-ing their donations seems highly unlik
by akira2501 5y ago
> is just testing to see if this type of philanthropy has better results.
The idea of a billionaire spending time minmax-ing their donations seems highly unlikely.
- hn_throwaway_99 5y agoYou don't know many billionaires then. Many prominent philanthropists have written extensively about how to track, measure and optimize the impact of their donations.
- cratermoon 5y agoA lot of charities secretly loathe big donations from the super-wealthy, because they come with all kinds of strings. The charities can't say no, generally. But people who run charities are rightfully put out when a rich person likes a charity enough to give it a lot of money but not enough to let the people running the charity use their expertise to decide how to spend it.
- jimbokun 5y agoSeems like exactly how Bill Gates has spent his time since retiring from Microsoft.
- this2shallPass 5y agoAgreed. They generally hire teams of people to do it for them.