Wow...that's awesome, and I'm especially excited about the mission of his foundation. That said, this really bugged me: Kurt Vonnegut once told a story about

Wow...that's awesome, and I'm especially excited about the mission of his foundation. That said, this really bugged me: Kurt Vonnegut once told a story about seeing Joseph Heller at a wealthy hedge-fund manager's party at a beach house in the Hamptons. Casting his eye around the luxurious setting, Vonnegut said, "Joe, doesn't it bother you that this guy makes more in a day than you ever made from Catch-22?" "No, not really," Heller said. "I have something that he doesn't have: I know the meaning of enough." I hate stuff like that. Heller wasn't giving up 90% of his possessions and living in a shack eating beans and rice, which would be "enough" for many people in the world. It's all relative, ultimately. Just because someone with wealth chooses to live what you consider to be an opulent lifestyle doesn't mean they don't know what enough is. Billionaires have such a staggering amount of wealth that they can give 95% of it away and still live an incredibly comfortable and extravagant lifestyle. I like to think about Gates and Buffett here, both of whom will ultimately probably give away over $100 billion, but who both live very comfortable lifestyles, Gates much more so than Buffett, but even Buffett flies around in a private jet. /rant