I'm a student rapidly approaching graduation, and my financial situation does not
currently allow me to work on projects like this full time. I've spent years putting out free tools
to assist with everything from cancer education to PTSD treatment1,
and want to spend as much time as possible on this work. Every bit of support helps me to do this!
Food insecurity is one of the most unecessary and tragic problems in our world today.
It costs less than 25 cents to provide a meal for a hungry person.
Deforestation is rapidly destroying the homes of people and animals alike while fueling runaway climate change.
Planting trees serves to rewild while also being one of the most effective means of carbon capture.
It costs just 1 - 3 dollars to plant a tree.
UBI involves guaranteeing people a certain level of income. This provides the freedom and independence for people to
achieve basic resources and independence. It costs just 1 dollar a day to provide someone in need with a UBI.
Millions of people die every year from preventable causes due to a lack of proper health care. It costs just over 3 dollars to provide
medicine, health information and counseling, diagnosis, and more for someone in need.
UBI involves guaranteeing people a certain level of income. This provides the freedom and independence for people to
achieve basic resources and independence. It costs just 1 dollar a day to provide someone in need with a UBI.
The gift of sight helps us learn, work, and explore. Eyeglasses are highly inaccessible to many people — something
that can be remedied for about 10 dollars a person.
Malaria is the number one cause of death in all of human history. Despite being highly preventable, it remains a major killer. It costs $4.50 to
purchase and distribute a malaria net that can protect someone for several years.
In their hands is the ability to use their great wealth to influence society for the better. After all, money is power.
Spend their money
What does money buy?
If it can't buy happiness, at least it can buy life.
Adjust the slider and scroll down to see what this wealth could buy.
Wealth used: 75 billion
Or, select a billionare to see what they could pay for.
Worth ~72 billion
Mark Zuckerburg
Worth ~120 billion
Jeff Bezos
Worth ~5 billion
Betsy DeVos
Worth ~86 billion
Warren Buffett
Worth ~32 billion
Lee Shau-kee
Worth ~64 billion
Carlos Slim
With 75 billion dollars, you could provide one of these:
~500 million meals
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~16.7 billion eyeglasses
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~500 million trees
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~16.7 billion malaria nets
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~75 billion days of UBI
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~150 billion medicines
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About 87% of billionares are male |
About 41% of billionares are white
A billion is a hell of a lot more than a million
Each dot represents one million dollars →
Below is the wealth of a millionare
Only 0.9% of the global population has at least this much money.
For comparison, here's the wealth of a billionare.
Only 0.0000003% of the global population has at least this much money.
But it gets a whole lot crazier than that. Here's the wealth of Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person (net worth of ~120 billion).
Only 0.0000000001% of the global population has at least this much money.
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Does that seem right to you?
Nobody "earns" billions of dollars all by themselves.
Their billions are generated through the labor of the workers who sustain their businesses and lifestyle.
If you are concerned about this inequity, here's a few ideas about how to address it.