[mitchellh]

> How is it out of touch? I donated much more than Hashimoto did relative to our net worths, but I cannot deny that I would have felt much more satisfied making a 1000x impact if I was a billionaire.

You have no way of possibly knowing this. And I bet you its not true.

I'm no longer a billionaire, partially because I paid an astronomical amount in taxes (I don't play the tax avoidance games). And partially because we're donating a whole lot more than $400K per year. This is ONE donation. We don't publicize most of our giving because it attracts armchair critics like you, and its distracting from the goals.

(I make an exception for Zig and technical things because my influence for better and worse usually is net positive for the initiative)

But, more importantly, I don't think playing these "my donation is worth more than yours" games is productive. If you want to think that way thats fine, I won't defend myself or my family any further than this post.

[civet_java]

> We don't publicize most of our giving because it attracts armchair critics like you

Thank you for your contributions! Although I sincerely request you stop making an exception for "technical things" and stop publicising all of your "giving". There are few things common between the lives that the likes of you live and those enjoyed us lowly "armchair critics". Your boundless sea of magnanimity is incomprehensible by us plebs; it short circuits my inferiour thinking apparatus and all I'll able to wonder is "But what truly is the value of Mitchell's "givings" relative to his net worth?". It's truly an unfair burden bourne by superior beings such as yourself.