Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media

Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by blub on Monday August 10, 2020 @03:12AM (#24106467)

Managing the foundation as a business with the goal of maximizing return on investment is precisely one of the criticism leveled at Gates. Note that return on investment refers to financial return, not some abstract notion about improving the world.

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Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by jillesvangurp on Monday August 10, 2020 @04:03AM (#24106729)

I think there's nothing with focusing on ROI in a foundation that presumably does not enrich shareholders (which a foundation does not have) and instead puts any savings to good use doing more of whatever they want to do.

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Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by blub on Monday August 10, 2020 @07:14AM (#24107954)

Focusing on ROI means that they deal with less savory companies, sometimes creating obvious conflicts of interest with their mission.

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