You are making the implied assumption that Bill Gates motivation was money and his "end" goal which it was not. I would have guessed having followed his career a bit that money was an end to a means for him he had a "vision" of a PC on every desk and in every home by 2000 and he had that vision when a 'PC' cost equivalent to a jumbo jet...He managed to bring the price down from Jumbo jet to pizza and he didn't even see them himself, genius...
By the way publicly giving all your money away means the money has now the function of presenting one as a very decent person rather then a very rich or powerful person , but there is still a benefit even if its just the satisfaction of doing something good. So is it possible to do a good selfless act without any benefit?
Animals it could be suggested don't have greed because they do not have reason. There basic driving forces then are only survival and reproduction.
In the
Nicomachean Ethics (fantastic read! ) its fascinating how our man Aristotle defines happiness by examining all of the various proposals and comes to the beautiful conclusion of
Happiness is the pursuit of excellence through virtue (virtue being balance)...
NI the problem with us lot is that its not all about survival any more in this business..families , health and minds are falling apart....some are beyond the point of having to work to survive and therefore are now wanting to enjoy lifestyle and live a bit. We no longer have a unified objective and our "leadership" do not seem to have an idea of where they are going or the challenges they are creating by constantly pulling at the low lying fruit....
Now where is that remote control....This is great lads a decent chat for a change..