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Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by partyboat1586 on Sunday August 09, 2020 @06:11PM (#24103386)
His view is both utilitarian and short sighted. They don't always go together but they often do since there isn't time enough to work everything out from first principles.
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Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by Fricken on Sunday August 09, 2020 @06:20PM (#24103449)
If everyone was short-sighted, privacy would be easier to enforce.
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Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by partyboat1586 on Sunday August 09, 2020 @06:26PM (#24103489)
Yes, that is certainly true and rather scary since people are quite short sighted and currently in a mood for doing things for the greater good while sacrificing individual freedoms.
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