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Howard Warren Buffett, grandson of renowned investor Warren Buffett, is a chip off the old philanthropic block. At the recent Social Good Summit in New York, he spoke about the challenges in this age of technology of preserving human connections with those who are suffering.

This week's Social Good Summit in New York was like a speed-dating event for cause marketers, do-gooders and those interested in their efforts. But speakers at the event, sponsored by Mashable and 92Y, also offered some practical tips for doing good, particularly by using social media.

Parents of less-than-perfect offspring, take heart: It turns out, perhaps not surprisingly, that Harvard University drop-out, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates was at times a difficult kid, at least according to his father. Says dad: "It obviously worked itself out at a very early date."

Bill Gates offered a revolutionary observation on Wednesday in Manhattan, during a discussion on philanthropy at the 92nd Street Y lecture hall. Wall Street pay, he said, is "often too high." Gates's wisdom on Wall Street's compensation problem seems obvious enough, but his perspective on the...