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I would feel uncomfortable if a doctor did pro bono work just for attention or for YouTube views instead of out of the goodness of his heart, but acted like he was a wonderful and charitable person for doing so.

Exactly. Anyone who’s ever done something good for someone else partly did it because it felt good. This is what drives humans to help others, and society would fall apart without this basic urge to help others.

I don't think people are't happy for those who got eye sight back, but the article mentions "altruism" when it may not be and I think that is what is being debated here.

> Are we going to start criticizing doctors next because they're saving lives to get paid?

A doctor is a profession, unless doing charity work, the act of being a doctor is not philanthropy.

Mr. Beast is a content creator creating content. It's pretty obvious he's doing it for content and he doesn't deny it either. I guess the sprinkle of "philanthropy" flavor is rubbing some people the wrong way but he seems far less dodgy than some celebrity philanthropists or evangelists.