re: #204 CleverToad

My neighborhood library growing up was the Park Hill Branch in Denver. It was one of nine Carnegie libraries in Denver, and is one of the five which are still operating. It was also a pretty small building to start with, but they did a major expansion in the early sixties. Neat architecture.

Carnegie was a stinker. The libraries he funded were and are a major social contribution. Yes, it’s complicated and doesn’t fit well into a binary good/bad equation. See also Bill Gates, carrying on the tradition for this generation.

Carnegie’s good deeds don’t make it as if he never did anything evil. His evil deeds don’t make it as if he never did anything good. It’s surprising how difficult this concept seems to be, whether it is applied to Carnegie or to anyone else.