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Through their work, the gates foundation has probably saved millions of lives, maybe tens of millions of lives, over the past 25 years. They’ve also been deepl
by atonse 2y ago
Through their work, the gates foundation has probably saved millions of lives, maybe tens of millions of lives, over the past 25 years.
They’ve also been deeply involved with various education reforms in the US. They’re definitely active here.
- flawn 2y agoOP should check out Effective Altruism & studies on what the most effective way to spend your resources on is.
- poncho_romero 2y agoTheir work in education has often been a mixed bag, sometimes spending huge amounts of money to enact initiatives based on little or no empirical research that ultimately hurt the students who have the misfortune of being saved by yet another tech billionaire who believes skill in computer programming and business mean they’re an authority on everything.
- atonse 2y agoYeah I agree, and chose my words carefully. Their education reform work in the US has been much more murky. Their work in Africa has had unambiguously huge benefits.