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Don't forget he gave a TED talk warning the world about the next pandemic. And obviously he knows a thing or two about high-level issues dealing with epidemics
by mehrdadn 6y ago
Don't forget he gave a TED talk warning the world about the next pandemic. And obviously he knows a thing or two about high-level issues dealing with epidemics (which extend beyond just the medicine). Why would they just ignore him?
- spaetzleesser 6y agoBut why listen to him either? You could have talked to any disease expert over the last few decades and they would have told you that a pandemic will be coming and that we aren't prepared.
- bitcurious 6y agoOne reason is incentives. He is an expert who is spending money. Most experts are asking for money. Thus, he is incentivized to find the most effective solutions.
- Keyframe 6y agoUnlike a field expert, dude has influence, reach and an organization (with experts) in the trenches, and now decades of experience in all of the above. He’s not a couch-commenter. It’s like asking why we ought to listen anyone from Y itself here since they have zero experience with temp/vacation housing, storage, payments... all true, but they have experience with people and what and where and when to listen to. Gates is like that, multiplied by decades of experience.
- MrDresden 6y agoBill Gates was not in anyway, no matter how much he might have liked to be, a prophet about the increasing likelyhood of a global pandemic. This possibility has been discussed and researched for decades by experts and policy makers around the world.
- mehrdadn 6y agoI never said he was the only one who warned the world about the next pandemic. Nor do I believe he sees himself as some kind of prophet on this either.