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I don't think he's planning to start a foundation, he's donating to existing ones, like the against malaria foundation.
by moakakala 13y ago
I don't think he's planning to start a foundation, he's donating to existing ones, like the against malaria foundation.
- nickpinkston 13y agoSure - I'm not saying it's bad. Far better than most people! It's just that it's sub-optimal if he can actually run an org to solve the problems. Especially the risk of not increasing donation size with increased conspicuous consumption. You can get soft quickly if you're not thinking lean...
- sskates 13y agoHow is it suboptimal? $2,500 per life saved is pretty good, let's say that's 10 lives a year for him. How could you do better than that?
- nickpinkston 13y agoAgain, I'm not saying he's wrong, but he's doing what anyone could do with money. What about the problems that aren't being solved at all? If you want to do ROI calculations on problems spaces - there's a group that publishes strategies for these: Copenhagen Consensus [PDF]: http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/sites/default/files/Outcome_Document_Updated_1105.pdf http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/sites/default/files/Outco...