Because sometimes there’s a shortage of ideas, expertise etc., or just other things rather than money, that prevent a goal from being reached. For example (warning: I’m a highly unreliable source on this), the SENS Foundation gets plenty of funding; at this point it appears to need more top researchers rather than more money to make progress.
I agree that talent, rather than money, is sometimes the relevant bottleneck. However, what follows from this is that folks with the relevant talent should do research rather than earn to give. This doesn’t apply to the vast majority of people, who lack such special talents.
Because sometimes there’s a shortage of ideas, expertise etc., or just other things rather than money, that prevent a goal from being reached. For example (warning: I’m a highly unreliable source on this), the SENS Foundation gets plenty of funding; at this point it appears to need more top researchers rather than more money to make progress.
I agree that talent, rather than money, is sometimes the relevant bottleneck. However, what follows from this is that folks with the relevant talent should do research rather than earn to give. This doesn’t apply to the vast majority of people, who lack such special talents.
There is substantial, although incomplete, overlap in the special talents needed for exceptional success in business and in other fields