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Re:A letter to our daughter by 6stringmerc on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @05:12PM (#10659277)
That's fair, but if you notice a great deal of the letter is simply telling the child about the great achievements and dreams of the parents - if there's one thing I've learned the hard way, it's that dreams are easy to put into words and fuckin' hell on wheels to make reality. Philanthropy is a good social construct, for sure. I guess maybe I just have some inherent bias against preaching from atop the mountain of wealth inequality, a position that was obtained through a combination of luck and timing as much as any pure personal willpower and genius.
Re:A letter to our daughter by mikeg8 on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @06:07PM (#10659605)
I think you were right in your initial comment about being "significantly jaded". The dude is literally trying as hard as he can to fix problems in the world but both your comments do little other than detract from his effort/energy.
Re:A letter to our daughter by bigbugbag on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @08:18PM (#10660212)
A PR stunt, which this is, is not fixing any problem in the world. Besides, the guy is responsible for some of the world problems and his corporation is pushing to worsen some of those issues because it fits its own agenda and profit.

Let him clean up his act and his company's first, until then he has zero credibility.

This Zucker is no Manoj Bhargava.

Re:A letter to our daughter by 6stringmerc on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @10:01AM (#10663296)
Well as a scholar I learned there's merit in taking a contrarian position for the purpose of discussion and analysis. I'm not so sure he's "trying as hard as he can" as you would put it, because if he was, then he'd be so confident in his abilities that he'd donate everything now and the letter would explain to his daughter why he didn't leave her more than a basic trust fund for college expenses rather than millions. Hey if you want to get in line and shake his hand for doing what is, fundamentally, the right thing, then great! More power to you!

But, you know, he could've done all this in private and given her the letter when she turned 16 or 18 or whatever.

Re:A letter to our daughter by gnaritas on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @01:49AM (#10661409)
> The dude is literally trying as hard as he can to fix problems in the world

lmao, you're kidding right?

Re:A letter to our daughter by Retra on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @07:36PM (#10660018)
What problems do you think his letter is fixing?
Re:A letter to our daughter by CodyReichert on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @07:56PM (#10660107)
The letter doesn't do much fixing, but the billions of dollars do.
Re:A letter to our daughter by bigbugbag on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @08:20PM (#10660215)
But do they fix the problems they have caused during their collection and transport to Zucker's pockets ?
Re:A letter to our daughter by Radim on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @12:52AM (#10661240)
Enough to be the next in line for the Nobel Peace Prize.

A worthy successor to president Obama there.