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Perhaps it would indulge the conspiracy theories too much - but I'd kinda love to see an actual breakdown of how something like this could ever make him money.

by bb2018 6y ago

Perhaps it would indulge the conspiracy theories too much - but I'd kinda love to see an actual breakdown of how something like this could ever make him money. Think of the huge amount of money he has lost from this in the other businesses he owns and think of all the money he invested in this for decades he could have invested in other lucrative industries. How much would he need from this supposed plan to even breakeven? Thirty billion?

tedunangst 6y ago
That's why it's called a conspiracy theory, not a consistency theory.
BubRoss 6y ago
These things usually break down with one or two questions that the person can't answer. Just like the 5G connection nonsense, if you ask how electromagnetic radiation in the spectrum that 5G uses has a connection to a virus (the most basic question possible) you will just get someone angry with you. It's almost fascinating how people can develop emotional attachment to something that fails a droplet of investigation.
- ssijak 6y ago
  I try with such questions and people still grip to their 100% nonsense claims even when you show them that they dont know what are they talking about and is not even logical for various reasons. But, I still mostly do it for other people who read or watch that and have still not fallen for dumb conspiresies so that they would hear a reasonable contraargument. We need more logic, reason and critical thinking in this world.
toast0 6y ago
> how something like this could ever make him money. It's really simple, less death from preventable diseases reduces poverty, and increasing the sustainable prices for Microsoft products and services. More revenue for Microsoft lifts stock price and billg's net worth. Of course, the math doesn't add up if billg has to spend all his money to do it, and not just Microsoft reaps the benefits, which is why he's trying to get lots of other wealthy people to spend their money similarly --- then everyone who benefits can share the cost. (Mostly toungue in cheek)

by bb2018 6y ago

tedunangst 6y ago

That's why it's called a conspiracy theory, not a consistency theory.

BubRoss 6y ago

These things usually break down with one or two questions that the person can't answer. Just like the 5G connection nonsense, if you ask how electromagnetic radiation in the spectrum that 5G uses has a connection to a virus (the most basic question possible) you will just get someone angry with you. It's almost fascinating how people can develop emotional attachment to something that fails a droplet of investigation.

ssijak 6y ago
I try with such questions and people still grip to their 100% nonsense claims even when you show them that they dont know what are they talking about and is not even logical for various reasons. But, I still mostly do it for other people who read or watch that and have still not fallen for dumb conspiresies so that they would hear a reasonable contraargument. We need more logic, reason and critical thinking in this world.

toast0 6y ago

> how something like this could ever make him money. It's really simple, less death from preventable diseases reduces poverty, and increasing the sustainable prices for Microsoft products and services. More revenue for Microsoft lifts stock price and billg's net worth. Of course, the math doesn't add up if billg has to spend all his money to do it, and not just Microsoft reaps the benefits, which is why he's trying to get lots of other wealthy people to spend their money similarly --- then everyone who benefits can share the cost. (Mostly toungue in cheek)