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Things I learned in the Bill Gates AMA

Posted by con_carne Jan 28 '15, 14:57

His foundation uses digital currency to help poor people get banking services. Not Bitcoin though, since it's unstable and anonymous. Anonimity hinders certain services.

Both Bill Gates and Elon Musk have expressed concern over the future super intelligence of machines and don't understand why more people haven't.

People still get polio, but rarely, in places like Africa, Pakistan, Afghanistan.

Coincidentally, he got his Reddit Secret Santa Gift today. Lame!

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This is a new one on me - con_carne Jan 28, 15:26 5
- There's sort of a decaying sine wave aspect to the behaviour - Reagen Jan 28, 16:11
- China's one child policy has hollowed out an entire generation. They're going to look like Japan (demographically) in 40 years. - spamlet Jan 28, 15:49 1
  - if China over throws their overlords, the earth rotational spin will wobble from the sudden over population -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 28, 15:59
- Its counterintuitive, but the explanation is that in areas where infant mortality is high, so are birth rates. - TWuG Jan 28, 15:35
- Yup - Mop Jan 28, 15:34
made me look-up what he gave this time. good stuff.. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 28, 15:14 2
- Pity the guy who has to send Bill Gates something. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 15:21 1
  - I know what I would send. Windows 95 OEM CD. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 15:34
Some of those countries handle all of their banking via cellphone currency. - David Jan 28, 15:13
Yeah, polio had basically been eradicated but the tribal areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan don't allow people to give vaccines under threat of death. - spamlet, Astro king Jan 28, 15:11
Re #2: I think someone made a movie about that once. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 15:05 1
- We're not looking for reasons people don't take it seriously, Mop -- nm - con_carne Jan 28, 15:07
Maybe people aren't concerned because Gates and Musk *keep telling us how awesome technology is* -- nm - Max Jan 28, 15:04
And soon to be the US! -- nm - Anti-vaxers Jan 28, 15:01 1
- Context: "Vaccines make the top of the list [of things that have improved life in poor countries in the past 5 years]..." - con_carne Jan 28, 15:12

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