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> I am disappointed whenever I see Bill Gates mindlessly applauding Aadhar. It is easy to side with technocratic ideas from just reading headlines, but if a bio
by kristianc 7y ago
> I am disappointed whenever I see Bill Gates mindlessly applauding Aadhar. It is easy to side with technocratic ideas from just reading headlines, but if a biometric surveillance state is such a great idea he should have it advocated for it in the US first.
I agree with this. It’s not acceptable to use the developing world as a staging box for ideas and policies that are, at best, in beta and likely to have bugs.
- whatshisface 7y agoIndia is a democracy that votes for its own laws, nobody is using it as a "staging box."