If I were to become billionaire from the value of my intellectual property rights and quantum computing and information states, my goal would be to help at least a million people live Better lives in ways that are meaningful to them through direct aid with an administrative overhead of less than 1% I'm inspired by among other things the ability of microlending in theory to help, although I see that it has been abused by those seeking profit and has plunged the poor further in debt. I see how foundations who truly care about their mission rather than their own perpetuation can do good on a budget + I see how our Global finance has enabled remarkably efficient financial transactions with very little overhead. I saw a sign for a money transfer service that cost half of one rupee which is less than a penny in Nepal, where tangible goods are rather expensive, + service provisions leave something to be desired with frequent electricity outages. + What we would consider in the US non-existent public services like social support. But as I have learned through my experience in the US, these are merely bureaucratic tools of self-perpetuation and do very little to advance individual well-being. I know it can be different and I know that those who would benefit do not want a handout nor do they want to be told what their idea of benefit is. I'm especially inspired by a young man who approached me in polka today and after exchanging small talk said that he was having a hard time + had lots of troubles because somehow in his journey to Nepal from his native state of Rajasthan in India, this shoe shiner lost the one thing that guarantees his income. According to him, these are in his words which is his shoe shine box. Someone stole it. + Though I had Crocs on at the time and offered to help with a monetary handout, he did not want money directly. He wanted to show that he could do something for it. He said in his words it would make him feel better and so with a toothbrush he scrubbed my Crocs for the equivalent of less than a dollar us. And he made it clear how much that shoe shine box mattered to his legitimacy and his sense of self. And truly his ability to go forth in life. A shoe shine box. He said that he had not had work in 3 days that I was the first customer that he could do something for in 3 days which is astonishing + I wish that I could help him more. I do. I see so much need but also am trying not to be the colonally colonialist patronizer and say that I know what is best for those who seek some help from a fellow human. I need not guess. They will tell me exactly what it is. At the end of the day, money is a tool for exchanging and money itself does not help anyone because it does not really empower anyone. It is merely a means to an end but what is that end? It depends. I'm learning too that I cannot be too hard on myself. I cannot help others if I cannot help myself. And though I know that in a time of need, I have reserves including a retirement account that could fulfill the wildest dreams of someone like this person. The point is not that, it is that I want to do some good with what I have and I do not yet know how. No one really wants a handout, but some need a helping hand and I am not to judge who those are. As I said, they make themselves known and one day I hope that I can do something. Because everyone would be better off living + thriving in this existence than worrying or begging and I count myself among them. I know not what the future holds for me. I presumably have many years ahead of me and none of it is certain and so perhaps what I can give best at the moment is some solace in the advice that if I focus on my abilities somehow I need not worry too much, either for myself or that if I am honest, I worry that I can see myself in their shoes. No pun intended. There's also quite a lot of personal reflection and introspection here for let's say I were to die suddenly tomorrow. Would it not be a regret that I could not help that young man get his shoe shine box?