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> Is it not enough for you that he went out of his way to improve other people's lives? How did he went out of his way? > How do you know? Have you ever been

> Is it not enough for you that he went out of his way to improve other people's lives? How did he went out of his way? > How do you know? Have you ever been in that position? I don't think snark is necessary here; probably there are no 100B$+ users on HN. But it's not hard to extrapolate from where am I. I have comfortable tech job, I could easily give away few thousands bucks to some charitable cause just to show off (and my quality of life wouldn't change). Would that automatically make me a good and trustworthy person? I think the answer here is no. I also guess if for some reason my net worth went up a few orders of magnitude, I could also give few orders of magnitude more. Would then I be a good and trustworthy person?

tasuki 4y ago
> How did he went out of his way? He spent a considerable amount of his free time. > I have comfortable tech job, I could easily give away few thousands bucks to some charitable cause just to show off (and my quality of life wouldn't change). Yes, you could. Do you? > Would that automatically make me a good and trustworthy person? I think the answer here is no. It wouldn't. But also because there are no good and bad people. There are good and bad actions. I use Linux and absolutely hate what Bill Gates was doing wrt the whole free software ecosystem. I still commend him for his charity work. > I also guess if for some reason my net worth went up a few orders of magnitude, I could also give few orders of magnitude more. Yes, you could. Would you though?