thomas

For every fraud like SBF giving EA a bad rep, there is an actual philanthropist improving the human condition away from the spotlight. In 1984, Chuck Feeney secretly gave away all his shares in DFS, the largest travel retail company he founded in 1960, to his philanthropic foundation, for a total of $8B in donations

"I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living — to personally devote oneself to meaningful efforts to improve the human condition"

PhD in aviation ∩ climate science | Aviator, diver, ETH maxi, nexialist | Host of /diving /ethfinance /eth-staker /geopolitics /science /singapore /thomas

"I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living — to personally devote oneself to meaningful efforts to improve the human condition"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Feeney