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Re:‘Silicon Valley,’ S6E2 – a billion dollars to violate you... by ryandrake on Monday November 04, 2019 @06:04PM (#21447651)
The Bill Gates effect. He's all Mr. Philanthropy now, and doing great work, but only thanks to the 90's-2000's ethically questionable shenanigans of Microsoft.
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Re:‘Silicon Valley,’ S6E2 – a billion dollars to violate you... by devnonymous on Monday November 04, 2019 @06:15PM (#21447751)
Even his philanthropy (or at least that of the Gates foundation) is ethically questionable [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundat... ... And that's just barely scratching the surface. Honest curiosity will lead you to understanding how the megalomaniac in Bill is still alive and well.

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Re:‘Silicon Valley,’ S6E2 – a billion dollars to violate you... by OnlineGladiator on Monday November 04, 2019 @06:59PM (#21448148)
I am a believer in your overall point that people don't change easily, but the criticism against the Gates Foundation is pretty thin considering how long it's been around and how much money they've spent.

> Honest curiosity will lead you to understanding how the megalomaniac in Bill is still alive and well.

I'll bite. Where is your evidence of Bill Gates being an egomaniac in recent history? The 3 points made in your link are underwhelming.

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Re:‘Silicon Valley,’ S6E2 – a billion dollars to violate you... by devnonymous on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @09:02AM (#21452392)
Gates on Making the world’s invisible people, visible:

  https://www.gatesnotes.com/Development/Heroes-in-the-Field-Nandan-Nilekani
Reality:

  https://jsis.washington.edu/news/the-aadhaar-card-cybersecurity-issues-with-indias-biometric-experiment/
  https://www.epw.in/engage/article/aadhaar-failures-food-services-welfare
  And in general - https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Aadhaar+problems
The basic underlying idea being pushing surveillance tech under the guise of public welfare.

Gates on Climate change:

   https://www.gatesnotes.com/Search?search=climate
Reality:

   https://grist.org/climate-energy/the-gates-foundations-hypocritical-investments/
Gates on medical assistance:

    https://www.gatesnotes.com/Search?search=medication
Reality:

    https://www.pambazuka.org/governance/another-missionary-africa-bill-gates-myth
    https://www.vox.com/2015/6/10/8760199/
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/gates-foundation-accused-of-dangerously-skewing-aid-priorities-by-promoting-big-business-a6822036.html
    https://www.nonprofitpro.com/article/report-slams-gates-foundation-for-self-serving-agenda-corporate-ties/
...and this is just with simple random google searches like 'gates foundation criticism' . There is a rabbit hole you can fall through if you're so inclined but the core idea of a megalomaniac comes through fairly quickly.
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