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Re:Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto by ocdtrekkie on Thursday May 07, 2020 @03:17PM (#23107038)
Plenty of orgs exists purely to make the world a better place: They're nonprofits. And many nonprofits work at a wide, international scale.

Have you looked at how Disney built Disney World, and the way they... govern... Disney World? There's a lot of similarities in Google's plan and their requests with what Disney built with the Reedy Creek Improvement District[0]. Essentially a company territory with government, policing, and regulation all managed by the company.

And did EPCOT actually create a world of tomorrow? No. But Disney World has made Disney a lot of money.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Creek_Improvement_Distri...

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Re:Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto by theklub on Thursday May 07, 2020 @04:12PM (#23107682)
Nonprofits are bogus in a lot of cases. They make tons of profit and make their founders/ceos rich.
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Re:Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto by marcinzm on Thursday May 07, 2020 @04:27PM (#23107885)
Non profit CEOs make a fraction of what they’d make at a comparably sized for profit company.
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Re:Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto by andrekandre on Thursday May 07, 2020 @05:16PM (#23108459)
that may be true, but it doesnt mean they cant be corrupt or inept (just look at mother teresa for example)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa

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