Good post Jack.

When you burn rewards you're not really destroying anything or wasting anything it just reduces the claims on the reward pool so the outcome is that ALL the other rewards on the platform are increased by just a little. So in essence, by burning rewards he is indiscriminately giving them back to the entire ecosystem.

I'm not saying I agree or disagree with his philosophy or his methods (to be honest I'm still trying to figure it out) but that is my understanding of what he is doing. So, yes, he is already donating.