You may love him or hate him but Bill Gates besides becoming one of the richest men on the planet has certainly been instrumental in driving many changes in societal behaviour. He has recently recommended a book that he says "all should read". Here is an article about it which includes a link to obtaining a free copy of the book - "Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think,"
[curiosity.com]
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.BTW - the link for a free copy of the book only works if you don't have an Audible membership or haven't done a free trial with them before. It does sound like an interesting book, though.
AtlGeekWoman
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May 6, 2018
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It fascinates me that no one is commenting on the book but everything on the person making it recommended reading.
FrayedBear
Level 9
May 3, 2018
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To be fair to this man, he often donates enough money to charity to be bumped down in the list of the world's richest men.
AvvarElf
Level 5
May 3, 2018
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Being a cynic I ask "guilty conscience?" There is also the speculation that his vaccination programmes in Africa are nothing more than disguised genocide and secret birth control practices.
@FrayedBear A fair point. I don't know very much about him, so that was the only point I'm confident in. He could still be a "bad" person. We all are human though, and all of us have flaws.
He is a good example of not only being in the right place at the right time, but mostly of being smart about it by being willing and determined of taking the presented opportunity. Why would someone spent a second hating somebody they don't even know beats me. Anyhow, like him or not there is something to be learned from this guy story.
IamNobody
Level 8
May 3, 2018
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Maybe it's not the man but the changes that he has manipulated to benefit himself to the disadvantage of many others. In many respects I view him as a bandit in the table of the laws of Human Stupidity put forward by -[en.wikipedia.org]
@FrayedBear its human nature, we all are looking for ourselves. He is running a business and the ultimate purpose is to make money. If he makes a buck or a million that is none of my concerns.
@IamNobody Please follow the URL that I've given you above. You will find that the whole of humanity does not fall into your observation or my belief of Bill Gate's altruism.
@FrayedBear will do eventually, I can't right now. I can tell you this though. You have your views on the man and that's ok, I am not trying to change them. I am just trying to tell you mine. As I see it, he (or anybody else for that matter) is not under any abligation to be altruist at all. Right or wrong that's my whole point.
B.G > S.J.
indirect76
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May 2, 2018
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@FrayedBear Bill Gates > Steve Jobs is my guess
@AustinSkepticus Thanks Austin. I fail however to see how the comment advances discussion on a book written by a dead Scandinavian.
I recall being offered a job in Peru. 25% of salary was held as termination payout on exiting the country. I didn't take the job and several years later was quietly pleased that I hadn't as the government decided to apply a 100% tax on all such payments.
Instead I came to Australia and almost immediately the Australian dollar was devalued by 25%!
FrayedBear
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May 2, 2018
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