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MacKenzie Scott
Personal blog · mackenzie-scott.medium.comeconomicsculture
MacKenzie Scott's personal blog at mackenzie-scott.medium.com covers economics and culture. Since 2020, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Amazon Co-founder Mackenzie quietly gave over $4B to 384 organizations in 2020”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-10-15, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link MacKenzie Scott's Medium posts to announce her charitable gifts and the lists of organizations that received them. Commenters use them as the primary source for the donation details.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Amazon Co-founder Mackenzie quietly gave over $4B to 384 organizations in 20204 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-12-18
- Seeding by Ceding4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-06-15
- Helping Any of Us Can Help Us All2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-03-26
- MacKenzie Scott donates 2B to 343 organizations2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-11-15
What Hacker News says?
She really is an inspiration. Here's her announcement of the gifts and a list of the organizations. https://mackenzie-scott.medium.com/384-ways-to-help-45d0b9ac...
Comment linking /384-ways-to-help-45d0b9ac6ad8
on “Donate Unrestricted”Submitted Amazon Co-founder Mackenzie quietly gave over $4B to 384 organizations in 2020 as a story · 146 points
HN discussionInteresting that Scott has asked for the focus to be on the organisations not her. https://mackenzie-scott.medium.com/seeding-by-ceding-ea6de64...
Comment linking /seeding-by-ceding-ea6de642bf
on “Mackenzie Scott gives away another £2B”Submitted Seeding by Ceding as a story · 69 points
HN discussionThe donation list: "Helping Any of Us Can Help Us All" https://mackenzie-scott.medium.com/helping-any-of-us-can-hel...
Comment linking /helping-any-of-us-can-help-us-all-f4c7487818d9
on “The Fortunes of MacKenzie Scott”Submitted Seeding by Ceding as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Helping Any of Us Can Help Us All as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted MacKenzie Scott donates 2B to 343 organizations as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted 384 Ways to Help by MacKenzie Scott, Bezos' Ex-Wife as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Help as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted MacKenzie Scott: No Dollar Signs This Time (2021) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Of and By as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Seeding by Ceding – MacKenzie Scott as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
