There are no elon musk museums. There are no elon musk hospitals. There are no elon musk centers for unwed mothers.
How could the richest man in the world give so little back.
How could the richest man in the world give so little back.
Effective altruism and other New Age garbage pseudo philosophy can't hold a candle to that.
To reveal my own bias / worldview, I loathe and detest Bill Gates in nearly every way and have done so for over three decades. I think he has had a massively negative impact on humanity, mainly by making the computer industry so shitty for 4+ decades but in other more controversial areas as well.
With Elon Musk, while perceiving a number of big faults in the man, I also acknowledge that he has helped advance some very beneficial technologies (like electric vehicles and battery storage). So I have a mixed opinion on him, while with Gates, he is almost all evil and has had a massive negative impact on the planet.
I guess what I'm saying is that when people only fixate on one oligarch, which one they mostly focus on can be quite telling.
And he's retired, so the money is no longer useful to him for maintaining control over the company he runs or expanding it, which is when it traditionally starts going to charities.
The way I see it, he converted his cars' greenness into other people's fumes. So not a net win after all.