one of the people, there is this couple i discuss in my book, john and laura arnold who are -- john arnold made his money in hedge funds at a very young age, retired to devote his life full time to philanthropy along with his wife laura. they have been some of the most active new givers who came along lately and very idealistic, trying to solve big problems. lara said something that struck me. when you read the newspaper, when i read the newspaper in the morning and see something that upset me i can do something about it. i have a foundation. is there a way to do something? i was talking to another donor the other day who was saying the same thing, that she said she read the newspaper looking far -- for things where she feels like her money can make a difference. she is also married to a hedge fund guy who is worth $15 billion and most of that money will be given away. she sees stuff in the newspaper, we can do something about that. set up a meeting and write a check and the experience most of us have when we read the newspapers, there's not a lot we can do about it. we can write our congr

amore arnold do i really john arnold made his money in hedge funds at a very young age and retired in his 30s to devote to play full-time to philanthropy along with his wife, laura. there have been some of the most active givers that have come along lately. there very idealistic, trying to solve big problems. laura says something that really struck me. she said when you read the newspaper in the morning and i see something that upsets me, i can do something about it. i have a foundation. but is there a way we can do? something. i was talking to another mega-donor the other day who was same sort of the same thing that she says she reads the news paper looking for things where she feels like hermione could make a difference. she by the way is also manager of a hedge fund worth $15 billion in most of that money is going to be given away. so she sees stuff in the newspaper and she says we can do something about it. we will set up a meeting and write a check. the experience that most of us have when we read the newspaper if we gnash our teeth and there's not a heck of a lot we can do about it. i mean, we can write your congressperson or we can find an online petition