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A will?

• chromatic 15y ago
  Perhaps. How many misers younger than middle age do you know who have wills?
  • ktizo 15y ago
    Doesn't really matter how long a specific rich individual lives for this to work. As long as there is a culture of rich people doing it, then things would average out. Especially given that the life spans of very rich people tend to be longer.
    • Schwolop 15y ago
      To an extent this was my point too - if a decent number of people do this, then the few who get mega-rich and become philanthropic will make up for the many who fail to get mega-rich, and also the few who get mega-rich but don't become philanthropic. Well... hopefully!