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> Is there any reason Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk can't endow a Prize in Computer Science? Even without searching, I'm sure they bac
by doe_eyes 2y ago
> Is there any reason Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk can't endow a Prize in Computer Science?
Even without searching, I'm sure they back a number of organizations that do endow various awards, scholarships, and so on. I doubt they could come up with a "flagship" one that would be as prestigious as the Nobel Prize, though. Our attitudes toward modern-day "industrialists" and their pet projects are quite different today. Whatever controversies surround the Nobel Prize, they would be many times worse for the Bezos-Gates-Zuck-Musk Medal of Merit.
- AlbertCory 2y agoThis seems kinda confused. The Nobel is now controversial because after all, Nobel invented dynamite and he wanted to expunge his guilt. Yet you said it was "prestigious" -- but you want to cancel that, regardless? But somehow the Nobel Prize in Computer Science would be too controversial even given all that. OK, I get that you don't like Bezos-Gates-Zuck-Musk. Maybe you're just jealous.
- doe_eyes 2y ago> The Nobel is now controversial because after all, Nobel invented dynamite and he wanted to expunge his guilt. It's not controversial for that reason. It's actually a fantastic origin story for the prize, especially since he arranged for it on his deathbed. > OK, I get that you don't like Bezos-Gates-Zuck-Musk. Huh?