He was talking about counterfactuals here. I think heās attempting to convince a lot of right wing billionaires that if they donate to GHD charities for instance than this will cause Bill Gates to redirect some of his GHD money towards left wing nonprofits.
Thatās how Thiel said he persuaded Musk. He said he looked up actuarial tables and found the probability of Muskās death in the coming year equated to giving $1.4 billion to Gates, who has long sparred with the Tesla CEO.
āWhat am I supposed to doāgive it to my children?ā Musk responded, in Thielās telling. āYou know, it would be much worse to give it to Bill Gates.ā
I think this would only make sense if Musk had specifically willed his pledge money to the gates foundation?
He was talking about counterfactuals here. I think heās attempting to convince a lot of right wing billionaires that if they donate to GHD charities for instance than this will cause Bill Gates to redirect some of his GHD money towards left wing nonprofits.
This interpretation is not true. Thiel was talking specifically about money going to Gates in the event of Musk dying:
I think this would only make sense if Musk had specifically willed his pledge money to the gates foundation?
Huh, thanks for letting me know.