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Re:Silicon Valley's Problem by joelrunyon on Monday December 31, 2012 @02:53PM (#4990610)
Charity isn't just about direct ROI, it's about the attitude of the people giving. I think that speaks to the idea of SV being in a bubble when a simple idea like charity is so easily dismissed.

>Charities in general have almost no effect on the ground.

I would point you to organizations like Charity Water (http://www.charitywater.org/) & Pencils of Promise (http://www.pencilsofpromise.org//) who are doing quite well at disproving that statement.

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Re:Silicon Valley's Problem by prostoalex on Monday December 31, 2012 @03:15PM (#4990702)
Founded in 2006 and 2008, so it actually clarifies his point - too often an established and older charity would focus on micro-optimization instead of disruption. Which would have more effect on quality of education in a third-world country:

- A charity that figured out how to ship thousands of textbooks in a single container, thus optimizing their shipping cost

- Kindle reaching $79 pricepoint.

- Coursera

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