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I find it hilariously patronizing how they explain things in this article, did they seriously need to mine all this data and do all this research to come to the
by jamisteven 7y ago
I find it hilariously patronizing how they explain things in this article, did they seriously need to mine all this data and do all this research to come to these so obvious conclusions? Poverty, Lack of healthcare and education, clean water, the sins of generations and the cycle that proceeds it, its the basis of every ghetto in the world. Really dont understand what The Gates Foundation is trying to get across with this piece. He has the power, the means, the influence to single handedly change the situation in Chad with zero help from anybody, all they have to do is choose to do it. Yet here we are with all this data and metrics, was this seriously an "ah-ha!" moment for them?! If so, they seriously are detached as the 1%.
- AwesomeFaic 7y agoMaybe going overboard with research and quantitative statements was an effort to make it accessible while combating the notion that they might just be the 1% and blaming poverty etc for others' challenges. Not debating their ability to address these problems directly.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoDid they seriously need to mine all this data? Yes, they did. "Everybody knows" is sometimes wrong. If you want to actually fix problems, you'd better know what the problems actually are, rather than just know what "everybody knows".