Bill Gates to give away 99% of his wealth in the next 20 years

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Bill Gates to give away 99% of his wealth in the next 20 years - Lemmy Today

> One of the best things I read was an 1889 essay by Andrew Carnegie called The Gospel of Wealth. It makes the case that the wealthy have a responsibility to return their resources to society, a radical idea at the time that laid the groundwork for philanthropy as we know it today. > In the essay’s most famous line, Carnegie argues that “the man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.” I have spent a lot of time thinking about that quote lately. People will say a lot of things about me when I die, but I am determined that “he died rich” will not be one of them.

I’ll believe it when it happens, until then all I hear are promises that could be broken.

I’m a little surprised that you aren’t aware of the Gates Foundation, which has been the recipient of his largess for years and has done a tremendous about of good.

If he had no track record of true charity, one could be skeptical. However, this is not the case.