This is the frustrating thing about most modern billionaires. They're so... boring and conventional.
I'd much rather Zuckerberg took those millions he dumped into New Jersey public schools and built a spaceship that billions of kids around the world could watch fly into space.
I mean, yea Bill Gates malaria is important to solve, but can't you do that AND build a totally sweet space station?
SF author David Brin proposes an organization that champions philanthropic ventures that might earn rich donors a historic legacy. For example, funding a flight to the moon or Mars or building a free university in a third-world nation.
I'd much rather Zuckerberg took those millions he dumped into New Jersey public schools and built a spaceship that billions of kids around the world could watch fly into space.
I mean, yea Bill Gates malaria is important to solve, but can't you do that AND build a totally sweet space station?