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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 21 2012 @ 09:17 PM EDT |
Ratatouille:
You provide the food, I'll provide the perspective,
which would go nicely with a bottle of Cheval Blanc 1947.
You
state:
Even a legitimately philanthropic foundation might ask, "is
this contribution going to create an ongoing good that is self-sustaining, or
will it continue to need contributions?"
My obvious answer
is:
ROI to whom is the key!
If I understand the point of your statement
correctly, it's best defined with:
Give a man a fish and feed him for a
meal. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime.
Would I prefer
on-going sustainability? Absolutely - if it comes with freedom. No matter how
lenient and giving a Master is... a Slave is still a Slave. Society is
Civilized enough most should easily understand why Slavery (whether physical,
Legal, Financial or otherwise) is wrong.
As a result:
Of course, if
the helped is receiving the ROI then I'm all for that.
However, ROI is
generally used, not from the perspective of the customer (the helped), but from
the perspective of the investor.
Ergo... to include the term ROI - rather
then sustainability - is to inherently define an investment, not a
donation.
Hence my statement:
If the Gates Foundation ever
donates those grain patents to the public and teaches the starving in 3rd World
Countries how to best farm their own food so the individuals become independent:
I'll admit my expectation was totally wrong.
The concept is very
simple:
1) Arm the people with knowledge so they can build their own tools
and farm the land successfully - freedom plus sustainability!
vs
2)
Provide the people with food for a price while you prevent them from using the
knowledge - sustainability without freedom!
A huge difference between those
two. And I believe the Gates Foundation is focused on 2. As I said: I'd love
to be proved wrong and the Gates Foundation is in the position to prove me wrong
- if they want to.
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- Ahh.... perspective - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 21 2012 @ 10:49 PM EDT
- Man Fish Proverb - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 22 2012 @ 11:13 AM EDT
- ROFL - n/t - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 22 2012 @ 04:30 PM EDT
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| Authored by: PJ on Friday, June 22 2012 @ 05:28 PM EDT |
Wait. What? Dictate technology policy? Where
can I go to verify that?[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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