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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
9d ago“When someone gives away a fortune, who should decide where it goes: the giver, the people receiving it, or the communities it affects?”
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- MK1752...
I don't buy the valuation that is being used to describe Musk as a trillionaire, but that said, if I did miraculously find myself with that much money in hand, this would be my plan: 1. Start a restaurant chain offering healthy fast food.... The Open Question June 17: What would you do with a trillion dollars?
Hey y'all, Our civilization got its first trillionaire this week, inspiring this week's open question: What would you do with a trillion dollars? And perhaps more importantly, what's worth more than a trillion dollars to you?... - UnicornBlues...
A trillion dollars
What would I do with that? I would like to believe that I could end suffering, at least in some area of life, but realistically, it would be a task that couldn't be fulfilled. I wouldn't know how to do this but this would be my goal.... - Terry387...
- susanmann...
I wonder how many people get the difference between a billion and a trillion? A billion seconds is almost 32 years. A trillion seconds is over 31,000 years. So with a trillion dollars, you could probably accomplish a lot.... The question is intended to help us see things differently and play with each other in idea and conversation, not judge anyone or put people in camps; to generate discussion, about dreaming what we can do with abundance, seeing what we can already do without that much (most of my... - DrRobert...
The fact that we have come to this point is a moral failure of our leaders and those with money based power. Our 1st trillionaire could have been giving this money to good and needy causes long ago, He could have been investing the people of this planet rather than increasing his... It’s so hard to realistically think about what I would do. If most of that trillion dollars of wealth came from founding an enterprise that provided value to society, I think I would struggle to balance my desire to atone for my success through philanthropy and my desire to keep... That is a big question: eliminating world hunger is a good answer, but how give a fish and teach everyone to fish? Then what happens when we run out of fish? Same with agriculture there is only so much usable land, and any type of agriculture has side effects.... - SSC...
You are a Regional Goodwill UN Ambassador and the Co-Founder of the Lonely Whale (a charitable organization focused on improving marine wildlife habitats and reducing waste), what inspired your environmental philanthropic work?... - name_u_know...
I didn’t click the link yet but think the "money piles" ideas will become more and more common as technology enables to be wiser about how we share, spend, and track....