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Elon Musk on MacKenzie Scott giving away $26 billion of her fortune: ‘Sadly,’ it makes the world a worse place

Musk has offered thoughts on philanthropy: “It’s very easy to give money away to get the appearance of goodness” but it’s very difficult to get “reality.”

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