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ChristianKl comments on Mark Zuckerberg plans to give away 99% of his facebook wealth over his lifetime - Less Wrong
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Our reaction to his donation isn't only about
guesses about what will actually end up being done with the moneyis also about shapping cultural values. If the press reacts negatively to billionaires giving away their wealth that disincentivies further donations from billionaires.I agree. (And, in the other direction but I think probably much less important, if the press responds with uncritical adulation when a billionaire gives the impression that he's giving away lots of money, without anyone checking what he's actually doing with it and whether it'll do any good, that incentivizes donating billionaires not to bother making their donations actually do much good.)
The articles that were linked above don't do that. If you would want to do that you would look at Mark Zuckerberg's past record with his donations towards education. That would need actual work on the part of the journalists. It's much easier to do the kind of criticism where you focus on the future and speak about possible future problems.
It worthwhile for journalists to check in a year what the Chen Zuckerberg Initiative actually did but now it's time to celebrate.
Neither did I claim they did.
The first article definitely mentions his past education donations.