Why is contemporary philanthropy so uninspired? Unlike tax-funded organizations or corporations, philanthropists can spend their money any way they want. Yet they often resort to safe ventures with measurable outcomes. While those are mostly worthwhile, they don’t take advantage of the biggest advantage philanthropists have: They can take massive risks that others can’t.
Writing on Palladium Magazine, Nathaniel Koloc argues that philanthropists should take on more interesting projects. He has a few suggestions: Renovate beautiful buildings that will delight the community. Hire intrepid truth-seekers. Build new places for people to live in.
Here’s a suggestion of my own: Time capsules that last billions of years, telling those who find them, long after we’ve gone, about who we were. It may be the best shot at immortality we have.
Here are my own questions about philanthropy, some of which are the same than Koloc’s.
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