The opposite appears to be more the story - why did Gates-Meta-FB Research put millions of dollars into post-doc methods to quantify "every school on Earth" or

The opposite appears to be more the story - why did Gates-Meta-FB Research put millions of dollars into post-doc methods to quantify "every school on Earth" or "population density of every 10km area on Earth" ? Their detailed mapping world-wide is well known and documented.. the FB people had some .. excuse me.. cult-like phrases about "nobody is excluded" .. It seems like economic spying with a cover of social goals to motivate young coders, from here.