Let’s savor this one more time: Bill Gates walked into the meeting “riding high” because he acquired patents for malaria treatments. Reality beats satire every time.
That sounds really evil, esp. if you already have low expectations and it’s not like I’m going to defend ol’Bill, but…
Do we know what he used the patents for?
Acquiring patent sounds like you want to use it as a gold mine by manufacturing the product for “best” price, which is pretty heinous, especially when it’s in conflict with saving lives. But in principle it could be the opposite. One could, entirely for altruistic reasons acquire a patent from someone with the intent to make the cure more affordable.
I mean, I don’t like Bill but let’s be honest, he’s no RFK Jr.
The podcast source transcript has more context. Apparently “him” was whoever was in charge of MSBNx, an unrelated, Bayesian Network thing, which Bill Gates was also obsessed with.
That sounds really evil, esp. if you already have low expectations and it’s not like I’m going to defend ol’Bill, but…
Do we know what he used the patents for?
Acquiring patent sounds like you want to use it as a gold mine by manufacturing the product for “best” price, which is pretty heinous, especially when it’s in conflict with saving lives. But in principle it could be the opposite. One could, entirely for altruistic reasons acquire a patent from someone with the intent to make the cure more affordable.
I mean, I don’t like Bill but let’s be honest, he’s no RFK Jr.
Fair point, I don’t know the details of Bill Gates philanthropy
Who was “him” that Bill says was fucked?
Presumably whoever was in charge of .NET? Weird writing around that.
The podcast source transcript has more context. Apparently “him” was whoever was in charge of MSBNx, an unrelated, Bayesian Network thing, which Bill Gates was also obsessed with.