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Re:Blue Origin first human flight by noelsusman on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @02:43PM (#27897561)
Bill Gates is chasing harder and harder problems, not these guys.
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Re:Blue Origin first human flight by nostromo on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @02:51PM (#27897652)
Gates is doing great work, no doubt.

But are they "hard" problems to solve? Most of the projects Gates takes on have already been solved in the developed world. He's primarily trying to distribute those successes to the developing world.

In any case, we can have both: rich people building the tech of tomorrow, and rich people trying to apply existing tech to the underserved. Both are good; both have utility.

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