alt Hacker NewsAt least those guys had the horse sense to understand the importance of giving something back to the public. The Carnegie libraries are a marvel.
Their contemporary equivalents seem to be interested in speedrunning a revolution that ends badly for everyone.
The Jeff Bezos no-dick yacht club is a competitive space. Who is the most repellent -- Ellison? Zuck?
Musk's narcissism is unsurpassed in that he forsees a legacy that excludes the entire human race, except for those aboard his space expedition.
But Bill Gates has something of the Carnegie trajectory about him. I think there is actually a Gates building at CMU.