Reply to: What would you do?

[mudskipper]

Indeed. But we can't all fight malaria, so some of us need to get a park bench named after us.

I've got a bridge named after me.

[Scrag Meister]

I'd buy townhouses in Knightsbridge & Chelsea to be made available for homeless people.

And then buy a few more as the prices in the neighbourhood drop like a stone.

FTFY

[vetran]

Isn't that just a vanity project on a much grander scale?

No I actually think its based on compassion not need for glory.

Bill Gates could have just sat in a Mansion and still be more famous & admired than most of us.

The use of the Name probably opened doors.

[doodab]

Who cares if it's a vanity project if it helps the fight against malaria?

Indeed. But we can't all fight malaria, so some of us need to get a park bench named after us.

[speling bee]

Who cares if it's a vanity project if it helps the fight against malaria?

Vanity is a sin, so someone must care.

[Mich the Tester]

Isn't Bill Gates the model for this, spend money on something like fighting malaria that will save lives around the world rather than vanity projects

Isn't that just a vanity project on a much grander scale?

Who cares if it's a vanity project if it helps the fight against malaria?

[doodab]

Isn't Bill Gates the model for this, spend money on something like fighting malaria that will save lives around the world rather than vanity projects

Isn't that just a vanity project on a much grander scale?

[scooterscot]

I'd buy a mountain.

BBC News - Blencathra sale: Who owns Britain's mountains?

The arrogance is extraordinary. That this bipedal species to claim ownership to something that was there millions of years before himself.

[MicrosoftBob]

Isn't Bill Gates the model for this, spend money on something like fighting malaria that will save lives around the world rather than vanity projects

[vetran]

Something like this could be worthwhile. And it only cost $3.5 million...

BBC News - University of the People - where students get free degrees

Though I think targeting basic education might be more valuable in some places.

that sort of harpoons the Open Universities business model doesn't it?

How valid are the degrees though?

[Mich the Tester]

With large amounts of money in your back pocket, you could have a real impact by investing in businesses and apprenticeships / education to process raw materials in the country where they're grown: roasting and packaging coffee, manufacturing peanut butter / groundnut oil, whatever. It keeps money in the country and promotes engineering, construction and management jobs with associated education etc.

This is an interesting project that could make a huge difference for many of those businesses;

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[speling bee]

Something like this could be worthwhile. And it only cost $3.5 million...

BBC News - University of the People - where students get free degrees

Though I think targeting basic education might be more valuable in some places.

With large amounts of money in your back pocket, you could have a real impact by investing in businesses and apprenticeships / education to process raw materials in the country where they're grown: roasting and packaging coffee, manufacturing peanut butter / groundnut oil, whatever. It keeps money in the country and promotes engineering, construction and management jobs with associated education etc.

[doodab]

Set up an investment fund and for aspiring entrepreneurs and a scholarship fund for young people in the turd world, probably mainly Africa seeing as I lived in West Africa as a small child and have seen a lot of it.

900 million well spent could make an enormous difference in some parts of the world and that would be my aim; get the biggest results for the money.

Something like this could be worthwhile. And it only cost $3.5 million...

BBC News - University of the People - where students get free degrees

Though I think targeting basic education might be more valuable in some places.

[Mich the Tester]

Set up an investment fund and for aspiring entrepreneurs and a scholarship fund for young people in the turd world, probably mainly Africa seeing as I lived in West Africa as a small child and have seen a lot of it.

900 million well spent could make an enormous difference in some parts of the world and that would be my aim; get the biggest results for the money.

[mudskipper]

That'll teach me to read the whole article! Quite a nice mountain too, and not as expensive as you'd think.

Would you rename it?

I'm sure a few CUKers could club together. Or Dim could buy it cash.