Sergey Brin has a secret disaster relief charity

&gt; But the use of ex-military personnel for humanitarian and conservation work is also controversial, according to Rosaleen Duffy, a professor of politics and international relations at the University of Sheffield.<p>No, Professor Duffy, the use of ex- or active - military personnel to render aid is not controversial. It&#x27;s a widely accepted and successful practice.

Team Rubicon is another NGO that provides disaster relief.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Team_Rubicon" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Team_Rubicon</a>

So he’s just doing this for the ‘gram. Even the NGO director stated they respond to exciting disasters: hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions. I wonder if they’ll be equally deployed to the disasters that don’t fit a 24 hour news cycle: drought, sea level rise, and pandemics. The kind of disasters that sneak in slowly and then overwhelm all at once.

Truly commendable that he would do this, but deeply terrible that a private citizen, no matter how wealthy, can beat governments to the punch on this kind of aid.

This wing was donated by &quot;anonymous&quot;. <i>All eyes look at Ted Danson</i>

Tax billionaires and let democratically elected governments perform this public service.

Besides monarchs in the past, for the first time in the history of Planet Earth we have many people and corporations that have more money than governments and so with that comes the responsibility of &quot;acting accordingly&quot;. I believe that in a good light this will continue to assist humanity in ways never thought of before as human ingenuity is always more nimble than large bureaucratic organizations.