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Not to mention his philanthropy work frequently causes considerable damage itself, like the malaria nets[0] that poisoned the local food supply, the failed publ

Not to mention his philanthropy work frequently causes considerable damage itself, like the malaria nets[0] that poisoned the local food supply, the failed public school overhaul[1] and common core[2][3]. [0]: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/world/africa/mosquito-nets-for-malaria-spawn-new-epidemic-overfishing.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/world/africa/mosquito-net... [1]: https://nancyebailey.com/2018/07/04/gatess-blunders-destroy-teachers-and-public-schools/ https://nancyebailey.com/2018/07/04/gatess-blunders-destroy-... [2]: https://www.philanthropydaily.com/gates-philanthropy-failure-common-core/ https://www.philanthropydaily.com/gates-philanthropy-failure... [3]: https://www.learningsuccessblog.com/blog/dyscalculia/common-core-update-feelings-more-important-accuracy-math-answers-dyscalculia https://www.learningsuccessblog.com/blog/dyscalculia/common-...

donarb 7y ago
A better view of the things they've learned while trying to help the world is Melinda Gate's interview with Dave Letterman on his Netflix show. Melinda talked about how they were told by the women in small African villages not to bring condoms, that the women wanted birth control in the form for Depro-Prevara shots. Condoms have the stigma of AIDS prevention and so a wife that wants her mate to use a condom is seen as suggesting that he has been unfaithful and is infected.
mjfl 7y ago
Can’t do anything to please you people, even spending 35 billion a year on charity wouldn’t suffice.
- delusional 7y ago
  Donate the money to someone completely independent, and stop talking about it.
  - mjfl 7y ago
    don't sell yourself short, I'm sure you could find an issue with it even if he did that.
- hackeer 7y ago
  So, you are saying nobody should scrutinize the charity?
jrgoff 7y ago
The links you provide for common core are not evidence of "considerable damage". The first is an opinion piece and the second is much worse - a blog post following up on an article whose argument against common core is based primarily on believing the claims in a satire article
cgranier 7y ago
How is the use of malaria nets for fishing (or chicken coops, or crop covers) somehow Gates’ fault?

donarb 7y ago

A better view of the things they've learned while trying to help the world is Melinda Gate's interview with Dave Letterman on his Netflix show. Melinda talked about how they were told by the women in small African villages not to bring condoms, that the women wanted birth control in the form for Depro-Prevara shots. Condoms have the stigma of AIDS prevention and so a wife that wants her mate to use a condom is seen as suggesting that he has been unfaithful and is infected.

mjfl 7y ago

Can’t do anything to please you people, even spending 35 billion a year on charity wouldn’t suffice.

delusional 7y ago
Donate the money to someone completely independent, and stop talking about it.
- mjfl 7y ago
  don't sell yourself short, I'm sure you could find an issue with it even if he did that.
hackeer 7y ago
So, you are saying nobody should scrutinize the charity?

jrgoff 7y ago

The links you provide for common core are not evidence of "considerable damage". The first is an opinion piece and the second is much worse - a blog post following up on an article whose argument against common core is based primarily on believing the claims in a satire article

cgranier 7y ago

How is the use of malaria nets for fishing (or chicken coops, or crop covers) somehow Gates’ fault?