Coincidentally, Kahneman’s article appeared the same week that Buffett announced the largest philanthropic donation in US history – $30 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and another $7 billion to other charitable foundations. Even when the donations made by Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller are adjusted for inflation, Buffett’s is greater.
巧合的是，在卡尼曼的文章发表的同一周巴菲特宣布了美国历史上最大一笔的慈善捐赠，捐款300亿美元给比尔和美琳达·盖茨基金会，另外捐赠70亿美元给其他慈善基金。即便把卡内基以及洛克菲勒的捐赠去除通货膨胀的因素加以考虑，巴菲特的捐赠也比他们的大得多。