[AVTizzle]

"...someone who continually gives his time and/or money to worthy causes over his entire life may end up being cumulatively less world changing than someone who spends half her life making money, then switches to philanthropy or world changing ideas later."

Couldn't have said this better myself. Thank you :)

[repsilat]

I especially like the change in gender half way through. Almost certain it was intentional.

[Schwolop]

Yeah, it was intentional. I noticed a while ago that I almost always used masculine pronouns when the gender was really irrelevant so I've been forcing myself to switch it up a bit. I think I first noticed after reading a comment on an article on Fred Wilson's blog where a guest author did this too.

[SimHacker]

You mean spend the first half of your life as a man so you're paid more, and then change gender when it's time to give your money away? Brilliant!

[Schwolop]

Make sure you keep the emphasis on "may" - I think it's important to note that this is not a hard and fast rule, it's just a theory.