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Re:Pessimism is a barrier to progress by boringg on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @10:20AM (#33095908)
That and he only tried to join in on climate change way after it was politically convenient and he was trying to build his image. As well he has said some poor ideas about climate change solutions when he was first stepping his toes in the water. Which is fine if people don't hold onto your words - as someone with a fair bit of power its detrimental to other initiatives.

Since then I still don't know which of his initiatives have shown a high probability of success.

Re:Pessimism is a barrier to progress by grooot on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @10:52AM (#33096315)
> he only tried to join in on climate change way after it was politically convenient and he was trying to build his image

Who can you say this is not true about?

Re:Pessimism is a barrier to progress by boringg on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @11:08AM (#33096529)
Most people who were in the industry long before it was politically convenient.
Re:Pessimism is a barrier to progress by grooot on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @12:15PM (#33097433)
That doesn’t prove they weren’t just image building. It proves they chose it as a topic to build an image around earlier than Gates.