There is a story in the Financial Times of Aug 20/21 titled "The 600 Million Dollar Man." It is about Robert Wilson who has given away $600 million in the past 25 years much of it to conservation and preservation. Why conservation and preservation? "The idea of 'But for my money it would be gone forever' appeals," he says.
"Yabbut he has a lot of money," many will say. Let's try it another way.
Megan McArdle is a writer for the Atlantic. In one of her recent articles she wrote "When I was interviewing for my first job with the Economist, they asked me flat out why an MBA would be wiling to take a job that paid $40,000, Part of the answer was, of course, that I needed a job. But that's not what I said. What I was was also true: 'I'm only going to be on the planet for a few short years. I want to do something that's a lot more important to me than making money.' I got the job. It now occurs to me that I might not, if my answer had sounded anything like I need a job."
By giving we can get so much more.
David Sneed
"Yabbut he has a lot of money," many will say. Let's try it another way.
Megan McArdle is a writer for the Atlantic. In one of her recent articles she wrote "When I was interviewing for my first job with the Economist, they asked me flat out why an MBA would be wiling to take a job that paid $40,000, Part of the answer was, of course, that I needed a job. But that's not what I said. What I was was also true: 'I'm only going to be on the planet for a few short years. I want to do something that's a lot more important to me than making money.' I got the job. It now occurs to me that I might not, if my answer had sounded anything like I need a job."
By giving we can get so much more.
David Sneed
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