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Pretty much. Donate to improve science, perform basic research, etc. Why on earth would you donate to a for-profit? It makes no sense.

pizza234 13y ago
Because when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. For how may be exceptional in their fields, some people may still have a narrow vision outside that (or no vision at all). Specifically, Page is a technically-minded person who's showing not to be able to see outside of the strictly technical realm, so choosing between a charitable organization and a technological one, is not really a choice, because in his perspective, there's no such thing as the first option. I was actually surprised (but not too much) that a person like him may have such narrow vision.
- opendais 13y ago
  I suppose I just have different blinders than it doesn't occur to me that people view the world that way. :/
- TeMPOraL 13y ago
  > Specifically, Page is a technically-minded person who's showing not to be able to see outside of the strictly technical realm, so choosing between a charitable organization and a technological one, is not really a choice, because in his perspective, there's no such thing as the first option. Or maybe he's actually smart, as you would expect from a technically minded person, did the math and realized, that there ain't many good charitable organizations to give, nor that the for-profits are worse than charities in pursuing goals beneficial to mankind.
  - pizza234 13y ago
    The fact that charitable organization may be generally ineffective (or inefficient at beast) is a very common argument, the problem is that there are alternatives which are in the middle ground, see social enterpreneurship, and they are definitely effective Such alternatives consider human problems as both a human problem and a technical one, and work with both. This is exactly the point; I expect a technical mind to be at a high risk of seeing only one part of the problem. Reality is of course much more complex. Enterpreneurs are limited by the fact that having a "human" opinion carries a high risk of damaging the stock value. Note that I wouldn't certainly consider Elon Musk's social enterpreneurship. Kiva would be (it's just an example).

pizza234 13y ago

Because when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. For how may be exceptional in their fields, some people may still have a narrow vision outside that (or no vision at all). Specifically, Page is a technically-minded person who's showing not to be able to see outside of the strictly technical realm, so choosing between a charitable organization and a technological one, is not really a choice, because in his perspective, there's no such thing as the first option. I was actually surprised (but not too much) that a person like him may have such narrow vision.

opendais 13y ago
I suppose I just have different blinders than it doesn't occur to me that people view the world that way. :/
TeMPOraL 13y ago
> Specifically, Page is a technically-minded person who's showing not to be able to see outside of the strictly technical realm, so choosing between a charitable organization and a technological one, is not really a choice, because in his perspective, there's no such thing as the first option. Or maybe he's actually smart, as you would expect from a technically minded person, did the math and realized, that there ain't many good charitable organizations to give, nor that the for-profits are worse than charities in pursuing goals beneficial to mankind.
- pizza234 13y ago
  The fact that charitable organization may be generally ineffective (or inefficient at beast) is a very common argument, the problem is that there are alternatives which are in the middle ground, see social enterpreneurship, and they are definitely effective Such alternatives consider human problems as both a human problem and a technical one, and work with both. This is exactly the point; I expect a technical mind to be at a high risk of seeing only one part of the problem. Reality is of course much more complex. Enterpreneurs are limited by the fact that having a "human" opinion carries a high risk of damaging the stock value. Note that I wouldn't certainly consider Elon Musk's social enterpreneurship. Kiva would be (it's just an example).