Lol, and philantropy is not &quot;self seeking and manipulative&quot;? Do you think all those magnates donating to libraries did it out if sheer love, or rather to make people forget their reckless and rapacious acts in other fields? And the best thing is, philantropy works <i>great</i> to manipulate perceptions, even <i>better</i> than press. BillG used to be the guy who &quot;stole the Mac UI&quot;, &quot;killed Netscape&quot; and &quot;embraced and extinguished&quot;, to the point of being lampooned on The Simpsons for being a brutal mobster. Then his Foundation happened, and now he&#x27;s a shiny beacon of virtue. Same for &quot;peeping Zuck&quot;.