[Tech Thoughts] There are no good billionaires

I think part of the latent cynicism I still hold towards Bill Gates' philanthropic movements is that I recognize money is power, and money applied toward a particular venture is itself political power

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The values he mentioned and wrote about on his blog were the following tenets of his pledge to give away his fortune:The next generation grows up in a world without deadly infectious diseases. Of course, one alternative could be petty infighting by committee to divert resources to various countries, but there’s really no alternative to divesting a man’s wealth to help others that wouldn’t seem disheartening or, at the very least, deserving of skepticism at a glance.One other nagging issue I have is that Gates, alongside many other billionaires in technology and other industries, had to be cutthroat to make their fortunes in order to even begin to be philanthropic.

Meanwhile, the current techbro philosophy seems to be, “I’m making money and deserve my fortune because I’ve given back to the world through the things I’ve made or owned.”

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