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I would like to sponsor art communities across the world if i was super rich. What if any philanthropic things would you like to do?
Actually my newest goal is to become wealthy and keep only the bare minimum to maintain my basic needs and just give away every extra dime. The people I will give it to need to be nothing but wanting. Deserving is subjective and I refuse to limit my gifts to specific groups (or to exclude specific groups). It's my view that life is all anyone has and to improve ANYONE'S life, no matter the means or their circumstances, is the greatest thing that can happen. Ever.
I can't bring myself to completely agree. I agree that improving anyone's life is always good, but surely you have to accept that the same amount of money can be used in some ways to improve lives more than in other ways? If you give Bill Gates ten thousand dollars he won't even notice. If you give a homeless person ten dollars that could mean everything. It isn't a case of whether or not the people you give the money to are deserving (deserving is subjective, you are right), but it is a case of making your money have the most impact.
It's still great that you'd do that. I aspire to do something similar.
Most people don't agree. I understand. I just try not to judge. Bill Gates is rich as we know but in a more realistic sense what I was saying is I'd hate to exclude giving to someone just because they were dressed nice or I "thought" they were well off or didn't have enough (or the right) problems. I don't want to limit my giving. I don't want to have religious, income or any standard guidelines or have a strings attached policy. I like to just trust that whatever I give will have an impact, hopefully beyond the initial recipient. I've been the recipient of small random gifts and I blew it on crap but it also gave me a feeling that the world wasn't total shit and it stuck with me and made me want to give back as well.
Perhaps the positive impact of your philosophy generally would out-weight the arguable inefficiency in the objective value of the gift. And you're right that the symbolic value of a gift doesn't really bare any relation to how much the recipient needs it in an objective sense. I'm starting to think maybe you're right after all. It just depends how you look at the value of a gift, and my way of looking at it was a lot more shallow than yours.
Well, God knows I would love to have lots of money. If I were wealthy I would want to help animals, children, the elderly, veterans and those suffering from mental illnesses with a special focus on PTSD and BPD.
@: Hugh*Janus
If more people were like you, the world would be a better place.
Money can cause a lot of conflict between people and too much value is placed on it. I would only want as much as I need to live comfortably, and by that I mean modestly. I would definitely want enough to be able to have fun with charity. I used to have dreams of making a lot of money so I could give to others. But that is a desire I have learned to live through others who can.
I'm not sure how I would give. I just know that I would. I wish more rich would part with their money. Many don't need as much as they have.