Rob Percival

• Rob Percival 25 Aug 2022 7:31 UTC

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  in reply to: Phil Tanny’s comment on: Scrutiny Around Billion­aire Giv­ing—A Good Idea?

  Maybe! I don’t think it’s one or the other though. I suspect a ‘them versus us’ approach is not going to be helpful—making worldwide laws forcing people to give away wealth over a certain amount seem both unlikely and problematic. I think working with the ultra rich to make ‘improving education’ as cool as ‘having the biggest yacht’ is more likely to have a positive outcome.

• Rob Percival 25 Aug 2022 7:27 UTC

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  in reply to: Berke’s comment on: Scrutiny Around Billion­aire Giv­ing—A Good Idea?

  Thanks Berke—I broadly agree with those posts, and would hope that this project would engender more discussion of that nature.

• Rob Percival 25 Aug 2022 7:26 UTC

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  in reply to: Charles Dillon ’s comment on: Scrutiny Around Billion­aire Giv­ing—A Good Idea?

  I guess the harder the data is to gather the more valuable the resource would be! If it is actually something people are interested in that is...

• Rob Percival 25 Aug 2022 7:25 UTC

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  in reply to: sawyer’s comment on: Scrutiny Around Billion­aire Giv­ing—A Good Idea?

  Thanks Sawyer—having read Elliot’s post I like the idea but think collecting the data will be very difficult. An advantage of this ‘simpler’ system is that fewer (although not zero) judgement calls need to be made in the collection/​presentation of the data.

• Rob Percival 24 Aug 2022 19:09 UTC

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  in reply to: Vasco Grilo’s comment on: Scrutiny Around Billion­aire Giv­ing—A Good Idea?

  Thanks Vasco! Will reach out to that team.