Larry Page: I would rather give my billions to Elon Musk rather than charity

Posted by AxisOfEval on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @09:41AM
from the businessinsider.in dept.

http://www.businessinsider.in/LARRY-PAGE-I-Would-Rather-Give-My-Billions-To-Elon-Musk-Than-Charity/articleshow/32368620.cms

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Re:Larry Page: I would rather give my billions to Elon Musk ... by Recoil42 on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @10:25AM (#8788464)

> "Page even went as far as suggesting that everyone give their money to a corporation that was trying to accomplish big stuff."

We call that investing.

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Re:Larry Page: I would rather give my billions to Elon Musk ... by vixen99 on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @11:26AM (#8788753)

I thought he talked about giving money not buying shares. Any gift at all can be thought as an investment in the broader sense of the word so beloved of governments spending taxpayers' money.

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Re:Larry Page: I would rather give my billions to Elon Musk ... by ulfw on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @10:38AM (#8788525)

And that's why I have more respect for Bill Gates than for Larry Page. Sorry.

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Re:Larry Page: I would rather give my billions to Elon Musk ... by norswap on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @01:07PM (#8789264)

I think what underlies Page's thoughts is that he thinks Musk is more effective than most charity. He sees charity as a sink that will provide no long term improvement of the human condition. Honestly, it's hard to disagree.

Except for Bill Gates, precisely. His fight against Malaria has been tremendously successful. Would Page object giving his money to Bill Gates? I don't know, I hope he wouldn't.

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Re:Larry Page: I would rather give my billions to Elon Musk ... by ulfw on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @01:39PM (#8789466)

Well, Bill Gates seems to want to fight humanity's problems of today - AIDS, Malaria, Poverty. Elon/Larry want to go to Mars and build vacuum-tube trains from SF to LA. One is a real need, one is Science-Fiction. Obviously the latter is more 'fun'/nerdy.

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Re:Larry Page: I would rather give my billions to Elon Musk ... by angdis on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @11:23AM (#8788737)

It is a _hypothetical_ situation intended to express some values that Larry Page has.

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Re:Larry Page: I would rather give my billions to Elon Musk ... by notacoward on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @11:28AM (#8788759)

Like the belief that technological progress for its own sake is more important than human welfare?

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Re:Larry Page: I would rather give my billions to Elon Musk ... by csbrooks on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @10:20AM (#8788445)

People don't always die in chronological order.

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Re:Larry Page: I would rather give my billions to Elon Musk ... by joelrunyon on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @10:32AM (#8788492)

This is from March...

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Re:Larry Page: I would rather give my billions to Elon Musk ... by gus_massa on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @03:14PM (#8789964)

March discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7437940 (640 points, 278 days ago, 434 comments) (It was a repost in slate of the businessinsider note.)

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