I think comparing these three is a bit like comparing apples to oranges to bananas (although I won't tell you which is which) :)
I think it's about playing to your strengths and aligning them with what moves you. Look at what you've been given and then look at what needs can be met. Mother Teresa did what Bill Gates and Carnegie never could have done and the poor benefited. And vice vice versa with the other two gentlemen. Fantastic! I think many spend more time debating how to help and become paralyzed from actually helping.
Like @donkeypong mentioned, half of the value is in inspiring other folks to act as well, the unsung heroes who are out there serving daily. I myself have a humanitarian background and definitely took from others to inspire personal action.
So what about us? What can we do at a personal level? We all share some kind of connection to this new technology, so what about this blockchain thing, can it help at all?
I started a "Blocks for Good" blog series, first entry looks at an Irish startup called Aid:TECH which seeks to use blockchain to help make humanitarian aid more transparent and less corrupt as well as helping create an immutable identification system for the millions who are excluded from services because they can't demonstrate their identity. Promising stuff!
Great response. Yes, we can all help in our own ways, as we are best able.
That's right! And there's plenty of work to go around!
Thank you @starthere, an answer full of positive energy. I especially enjoyed reading that "many spend more time debating how to help and become paralyzed from actually helping." It's always good to have a nice reminder on the time we're losing to overthink while we could actually already start something. I feel empowered just by reading your answer.
I will also check closer the "Blocks for Good" blog series, it's amazing to see how technology can help us to be more human somehow...
That's my first post on steemit and I'm glad it's for this beautiful topic.
Awesome @florine and welcome to Steemit! You're completely right - the older I get, the more I'm a fan of doing to learn, not learning to do. You can't train in secret and then burst on the scene to do x perfectly, it doesn't work that way. Got to get out there, experience, learn, refine, repeat.