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I find it a bit “unethical and misleading” of the author to list 2007 expenses and 2022 assets. As a sibling comment points out, it’s really only <4x current an

I find it a bit “unethical and misleading” of the author to list 2007 expenses and 2022 assets. As a sibling comment points out, it’s really only <4x current annual expenditures, which, leaving aside disagreements on whether that level of spending is justifiable, doesn’t seem unreasonable.

jefftk 4y ago
I think they are using 2007 expenses to give a ballpark estimate for what "running basic Wikipedia" costs? That's back before the foundation dramatically expanded their activities.
yunohn 4y ago
> current annual expenditures The vast majority is salaries, not operating costs.