Vaniver comments on Smart, (young), ambitious and clueless -- what to do to maximize goodness? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vaniver 15 July 2011 12:08:26AM 3 points [-]

Lastly, I believe the desire to make money for the purpose of donating it is fairly recent.

I suppose, but "America" recent rather than "Internet" recent. Carnegie's Dictum is relevant, as is Wesley's sermon The Use of Money, delivered in 1744. Those are just the two that I'm familiar with off the top of my head; it would not surprise me to see prominent figures from earlier with similar plans.