Are major science prizes a form of philanthropy?
The Association for the Advancement of AI conferred its 'Squirrel AI Award' on Cynthia Rudin, and Duke University – her employer – published a press release celebrating it. Here's one para…
Bill Gates
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Melinda, Bill and Jeffrey (Epstein)
I'm not sure what to make of Bill Gates as he features in the New York Times's report on his divorce with Melinda French Gates, although it's tempting to see hints of that attitude so ofte…
Accumulation then philanthropy
Peter Woit's review of a new book about Jim Simons, the mathematician and capitalist who set up the Simons Foundation, which funds math and physics research around the world but principally in the…