Are you going to change the world? (Really?)

Re:Are you going to change the world? (Really?) by andreyf on Thursday September 20, 2007 @11:18AM (#57427)

I donate to charities, and I've founded companies that have made really good products and offered great services, but I've never made the type of contribution that saves lives.

Charity doesn't work. "Human dignity is more important than wealth" (1). What we need is working economic systems, not handouts.

Have you looked at Acumen Fund? It's the organization Google.org works to spur economic development in places that need it.

http://google.org/development.html

Take a look at this presentation by Jacqueline Novogratz, the founder of Acumen:

1. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/157

I don't know of a place money can do more good.

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Re:Are you going to change the world? (Really?) by gwenhwyfaer on Friday September 21, 2007 @08:16AM (#57906)

How is the Acumen Fund funded? How was it initially funded?

Charity may not work, but there's plenty of evidence that charities do; they exist as organisations to convert money into exactly the kind of progress that you argue is necessary.

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