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I am in two minds about it. It costs less than top exec yearly compensation, and probably less than a lot of London office floors (presumably ?). That said, th
by quickthrower2 4y ago
I am in two minds about it. It costs less than top exec yearly compensation, and probably less than a lot of London office floors (presumably ?).
That said, there are cheaper ways to fire up the imagination of these luminaries: some decent grade tents in the woods, campfires etc. Sort of a poor mans burning man. I think the connection to nature and simplicity, and having slugs crawl on you at night, would create that creative bubble they are looking for.
Optics are important too, and even if this estate is genuinely good for how the money is spent, there is no way the average charity donator will see this. Also I reckon anyone well connected enough to be an EA doesn't need accommodation or money or a job to survive.
- tptacek 4y agoTop execs where? The top exec at EA makes $18MM/yr? That is a lot of money, more than the overwhelming majority of "top execs" make outside of the very largest companies in the world.
- zone411 4y agoYou're comparing a one-time cost (or more accurately an asset purchase with recurring maintenance and tax costs) to yearly costs. Apples and oranges.
- bink 4y agoIt was the original comment that compared yearly exec salaries to an asset purchase.
- zone411 4y agoOK? So both comments make a poor comparison.
- tptacek 4y agoI'm not making any comparison. I'm saying that the comment suggesting "top execs" generally make $18MM/yr is wildly off. But this is some of the magical thinking that helps people justify making extravagant purchases in the name of "altruism".
- zone411 4y agoYou know what "more than" is? A comparison.
- HDThoreaun 4y agohttps://www.charitywatch.org/nonprofit-compensation-packages-of-1-million-or-more https://www.charitywatch.org/nonprofit-compensation-packages... Not quite 18 million, but plenty of extravagant salaries in the NGO world.