There sure is a lot of philanthropy going on in the world, and there is a lot of volunteerism and small giving at the local level. Some may look gift horses in the mouth, but not I, I am glad to see my fellow man, and the downtrodden are being looked after. I know the government is the wrong venue as the bureaucracy is so large that people slip through the cracks, there is huge inefficiencies, and all too often the law of unintended consequences is also drinking at the trough. Okay so, let’s talk.
You see, not long ago I was talking with an acquaintance about all this, we were both aware that there have been studies showing that conservatives actually give more of a percentage of their money to the common good than their left-leaning naysayers. Still, some of the most socialist thinking billionaires have given away billions of dollars and even claim they will give it mostly away before they check out. Jared Kent discusses an interesting concept and states;
“This would be a good study, do thinkers end up logically being ethical givers or are the two separate,” than considers a correlation “Idealistically: rich = best thinkers = most giving.”
That is an interesting concept isn’t it? Do high IQ give more? Or do they just give better, from their point of view, perhaps giving more thought to the process and decision making. You see there is also that famous quote; “Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach him to fish and he eats for a lifetime.”
Okay so, in considering Jared’s dubious question today, I stated; “Let me think on that, my off the cuff answer is no, but my extended suspicion is; there may be a higher percentage of givers who are more well-endowed at the upper IQ range, and they may also be able to “give better” and to the right places to do the most good, based on the philosophical quote above. Next, higher IQ people may not give willy-nilly and may not appear to give as much, but maybe that is a good thing too.
Still, I will add to the “giving” part to include those who produce goods and services, they are giving to society in exchange for a unit of trade, we call that in the US; a dollar. If someone is willing to pay someone for something, then it is obviously more valued by society. Too, there will always be a higher percentage of wealthy with higher IQs because they make better decisions and choices on average for their future than those who don’t possess high IQ.
Unless, their IQ is so high, they’ve opted out of the game, seeing it for the unethical paper chase it really is, not because it has to be that way, but because humans have manipulated a very nice free-market philosophical economic strategy that takes into consideration human nature. In that case, many of those high IQ are on the receiving end of the gifts from philanthropic causes, which they probably deserve more than others. Please consider all this and think on it.
