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Perhaps you're not aware that the CS faculty at Harvard is currently housed in a building funded by Bill Gates as part of a previous donation (with Ballmer). I
by objclxt 12y ago
Perhaps you're not aware that the CS faculty at Harvard is currently housed in a building funded by Bill Gates as part of a previous donation (with Ballmer).
I think it's possible to donate to a wide variety of causes - a similar argument cropped up on some of the ESA discussions here yesterday, with some people asking why we should bother spending money in space when there's a lot of pressing problems on earth. Investing in education could result in discoveries being made that could benefit millions of people. We are probably in agreement about buying a basketball team being a waste of money though!
- hkmurakami 12y agoAlso, don't forget the Gates CS building @ Stanford.
- walexander 12y agoAnd the Bill and Melinda Gates building @ UT Austin. I'm guessing there are even more?
- stdgy 12y agoUT Austin also has a Gates CS Building/Complex. https://www.cs.utexas.edu/about-us/new-building https://www.cs.utexas.edu/about-us/new-building
- vilhelm_s 12y agoAparently there are seven computer science department buildings named after Gates: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gates_Building http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gates_Building
- hsod 12y ago> We are probably in agreement about buying a basketball team being a waste of money though! A basketball team is an asset. It's not like he spent the money on blow. It's an investment, just like anything else (although it happens to be one he's passionate about).