Slashdot (15) BRINKLEY WARREN | Impactful Innovation & Lean Startup Zen | Mindful Leadership, Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence. Peter Diamandis. With immense respect to Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, I’d like to suggest an alternative to the giving pledge… an “impact pledge.” Specifically, a pledge where philanthropists actually pledge to solve (i.e. eradicate, eliminate, exterminate) a specific problem, rather than just agree to give their money to philanthropy. What if today’s billionaires actually “call their shots” and commit to fixing something big? And with $7 trillion in assets held by the wealthiest 1,000 people in the world, the potential for global impact is huge. This blog was inspired by two different news blurbs last week. [ Click to Tweet about this (you can edit before sending): ] First, news that Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal announced his decision to donate his entire $32 billion fortune to philanthropy.
What is the Giving Pledge? He continues, “So while philanthropists like to talk about impact, they seldom have the tools to measure it. An Alternative: Calling Your Shot P.S. Singularity HUB. O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies.