Chapter 149 The "noble duty" that current leaders are being asked of

In the future, even a financial expert will not be able to talk about environmental or greening issues.For example, if you are asked "What do you think about biomaterials," you will go off topic if you don't immediately answer "I think so...." Some European business leaders often talk to me about "I, like Bill Gates, donate 10% of my income to charity", "I take about one month off every year, and go to African countries with my wife to help solve the problem. Poverty there" and other topics.They were all busy businessmen, but they said these words with ease.

"You use the earth as a platform for buying and selling, have you given the earth anything in return?"—that's what it means. This was originally the "noblesse oblige" (noblesse oblige) required of nobles in the past, and is now considered an obligation of leaders and quality people.Just like Bill Gates first donated $1 billion in scholarships to a few people, and then used $3.35 billion to create the largest Bill-Melinda Gates Foundation in history.So has Warren Buffett, the world's second-richest man, who has donated nearly all of his fortune to the foundation.That is, what is required now is to contribute to solving the problems on the planet right now, and to talk about them subconsciously.

In addition, in 2005, Bill Gates announced that he would donate 85% of his assets (about 44 billion US dollars). Of course these are stories of rich people, business leaders, but if they are the only ones who do this and others don't have the same awareness, then business and other activities in this globalized world will not continue.For example, after graduation, students in Europe and the United States donate 1% to 10% of their salary to their alma mater. In their eyes, this kind of donation is a matter of course.In their world, the Christian spirit of "Tithes" is fundamental.

"Ten offerings" means that "humans must contribute all they get, and then God will give 9/10 of it to human beings", that is to say, after obtaining wealth, they must contribute 1/10 to God.In the Christian world, if you don't do this, you are not a quality person, and no matter what kind of leader you are, no matter how rich you are, you will be looked down upon. This kind of thinking has spread in the process of globalization and has penetrated into issues such as the environment and poverty. Globalization also encourages money worship, so the demand for this noble responsibility will become stronger in the future.This tendency coincides with the idea that the Japanese despise money worship and believe that "money is a gift from God".

Therefore, we should also form this "quality of the 21st century".