How to give away a million dollars

Donating to save lives and restore sight does more good than donating to a museum or opera.

It was recently announced that I am the winner of the 2021 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture , an annual $1 million award for “major achievements in advancing ideas that shape the world.” I am, of course, delighted that my work has been recognised as doing what I have always hoped it would do: Change the world for the better. I am honoured to be joining eminent previous winners, of whom the most recent are Martha Nussbaum, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Paul Farmer, and I am thankful to Nicolas Berggruen for his interest and support—all too rare among wealthy investors—of philosophy and ideas.