15 links have been added on 4 ideas about #bezos.
  1. Interesting, I guess the last thing we want to do is wish ill on the rich amongst us. BUT with the current set-up, the sooner they die the better, if you consider the worthy benefactors that will die before being saved.

  2. Agreed, and from this article “Between the two extremes of billionaires’ charities and the public’s spare change exist a broad spectrum of philanthropists supporting a multitude of charitable concerns. To assist philanthropists in reaching those in need, community foundations have sprung up in some UK counties. For example, the work of the Essex Community Foundation involves “identifying common interests and developing strategies designed to bring philanthropists closer to the work of recipients.”

  3. I like how the Laudes strategy is designed to help accelerate the existing movement towards a climate-positive and inclusive economy. Which will help alleviate the need for charity.

  4. Even if they drop people back down a gravity well to the moon – after getting them up out into space, it has got to be said that even if it works, many people are against this show of power. ISS was a great model, commercial will solve it all by killing bad businesses rather than proping them up.

  5. Maybe a valid idea but how else would you get us beyond our home planet – somehow I don’t think a charity would do the trick. SLS is amazing, Artemis is the way forward, however we pay for it imo.

  6. Yeah, I see why it could be called noble, rather than ethical… “Ethical investing, or ESG, has been a buzzword on the edges of the investment industry for decades… Do we all need to be wary of greenwashing and cynical grabs for assets? In this video, Laura Suter explains all.” Maybe it’s not as sexy as it sounds. (?)

  7. Mike

    Having an investment version of the philanthropy awards would be a good thing, and could be presented to the public better, I agree. But I wonder how many people realise they have never even heard of the biggest giver on the list you linked to:

    Jamsetji Tata $102.4 billion Education, healthcare
    Bill Gates $75.8 billion Healthcare, extreme poverty, education, access to information technology
    Warren Buffett $32.1 billion Healthcare, education, AIDS-prevention, sanitation
    George Soros $32 billion Healthcare, anti-fascist publications, human rights, economic, legal, and social reform

  8. These philanthropist investor winners are just presented as lists, it should be a top-10 countdown every week like the music charts was on tv. Make them heroes, not just names and invite them to private events. How is the world to know if Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos do the most for the world with money they have made from it? Respect to the winners, whoever they are though.

  9. ChrisP

    … and someone should do an online monthly news update as a graphic novel. There are so many avenues to explore seeing as the graphic novel has become such a popular format. V for Vendetta and Watchmen were better than the films for sure.

  10. JamesH

    Andrews McMeel Universal syndication and others should get together with news international and make an online version of the news in comic format. They would be the best to implement this as they do heaps of comic strips that reflect the news already.

  11. Munch

    I would buy a weekly comic of the news. Interesting how newspaper comic strips deal with news. They should have a whole page of comic strips that tell the news rather than comment on it, for kids (and people like me) to get a quick overview of what’s going on. Reminds me of this article about comic strips in news.