Jeff Bezos tweet seeking philanthropic ideas draws 42,000 replies
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Re: Jeff Bezos tweet seeking philanthropic ideas draws 42,000 replies
#2I'm getting so sick of hearing the word 'disrupt'. It's been so overused that it I feel that it has basically lost all meaning.
Edit: I see that the HN title has been changed in the meantime.
Re: Jeff Bezos tweet seeking philanthropic ideas draws 42,000 replies
#3I'm getting so sick of hearing the word 'disrupt'. It's been so overused that it I feel that it has basically lost all meaning. Edit: I see that the HN title has been changed in the meantime.
Gotta get those eyeballs.
Re: Jeff Bezos tweet seeking philanthropic ideas draws 42,000 replies
#4Re: Jeff Bezos tweet seeking philanthropic ideas draws 42,000 replies
#5Great marketing campaign, but philantropic stuff needs to be long term to be of any use. Short term stuff can in fact be counter-productive by hiding that there is a problem that needs to be resolved.
The best solution for almost every response he got is: Introduce better legislation. Even charities are just bandaids over actual problems.
Re: Jeff Bezos tweet seeking philanthropic ideas draws 42,000 replies
#6Truly affordable housing. Something in the $300 range at the most. Lots of regulations, at least in California, do things to prevent micro apartments, which I think could help the situation.
Re: Jeff Bezos tweet seeking philanthropic ideas draws 42,000 replies
#7Great marketing campaign, but philantropic stuff needs to be long term to be of any use. Short term stuff can in fact be counter-productive by hiding that there is a problem that needs to be resolved. The best solution for almost every response he got is: Introduce better legislation. Even charities are just bandaids over actual problems.
You can't legislate societies problems away. Legislation is just bandaids applied with the threat of violence for those who seek to remove them.
Re: Jeff Bezos tweet seeking philanthropic ideas draws 42,000 replies
#8Great marketing campaign, but philantropic stuff needs to be long term to be of any use. Short term stuff can in fact be counter-productive by hiding that there is a problem that needs to be resolved. The best solution for almost every response he got is: Introduce better legislation. Even charities are just bandaids over actual problems.
You can't legislate societies problems away. Legislation is just bandaids applied with the threat of violence for those who seek to remove them.
> 'You can't legislate societies problems away'
Could you elaborate? It seems pretty obvious that you can. No child labour, minimum wage laws, equal rights etc.
Re: Jeff Bezos tweet seeking philanthropic ideas draws 42,000 replies
#9Great marketing campaign, but philantropic stuff needs to be long term to be of any use. Short term stuff can in fact be counter-productive by hiding that there is a problem that needs to be resolved. The best solution for almost every response he got is: Introduce better legislation. Even charities are just bandaids over actual problems.
You can't legislate societies problems away. Legislation is just bandaids applied with the threat of violence for those who seek to remove them.
Which problem do you think cannot be solved with legislation that can be solved usefully by one-time application of money?
Re: Jeff Bezos tweet seeking philanthropic ideas draws 42,000 replies
#10Great marketing campaign, but philantropic stuff needs to be long term to be of any use. Short term stuff can in fact be counter-productive by hiding that there is a problem that needs to be resolved. The best solution for almost every response he got is: Introduce better legislation. Even charities are just bandaids over actual problems.
You can't legislate societies problems away. Legislation is just bandaids applied with the threat of violence for those who seek to remove them.
So invest in education ;)