These days it’s hard to tell where sincerity ends and parody begins. Reality has become nearly indistinguishable from satire. As a case-in-point consider the recent article on Gizmodo complaining that billionaire Jack Ma has donated $14 million to develop a coronavirus vaccine. Author Matt Novak says that this apparently paltry sum is “roughly equivalent to the average American household donating $33.” He concludes, somehow, that Ma’s generosity is proof that the government should “take that obscene wealth through taxes and [spend] it to make the world a healthier place for everyone.”