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bsmall2Reading about Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation maneuvering for immunity from their Billion dollar mistakes in African agriculture reminded me of their Billion mistake in USA education. Howard Wainer uses the example of Gates yanking around USA educational administrations as an example of people misunderstanding the math for variance in Statistics.^2 It wouldn't be a surprise that rich guys touted as programming geniuses really aren't competent in various areas of math but it probably doesn't matter if Gates understood his policy would not have the announced effects for USA education. Anybody that reads a bit into food (FoodFirst! 12 myths^3) and agricultural policy (Vandana Shiva on the Green Revolution ) knows the corprate expensive-input high-debt approach is awful.. These intentional mistakes build around common misundersandings (unsupported myths) are just ways to capture organizations I imagine. It's must just be a way to inject obedient MBAs or other sorts of purposefully ignorant business people into various organization with authority, with policy-making and -implementing power... Or maybe they are just morons and not crafty diabolical controllers. Either way these examples provide more grounds, more support for Paul Goodman's explanation of the reasons for not allowing concentrated power. No particular individuals can be trusted with it, even the people that end up in the overly powerful positions were smart, kind, decent people.. It's hard to see how such people could end up in such positions... <blockquote> In the late 1990s the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation began supporting small schools on a broad-ranging, intensive, national basis. By 2001, the Foundation had given grants to education projects totaling approximately $1.7 billion. They have since been joined in support for smaller schools by the Annenberg Foundation.. ... The availability of such large amounts of money to implement a smaller-schools policy yielded a concomitant increase in the pressure to do so, with programs to splinter large schools into smaller ones being proposed and implemented broadly (New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle are just some examples).... What is the evidence in support of such a change? There are many claims made about the advantages of smaller schools, but I will focus here on just one—that when schools are smaller, student achievement improves. The supporting evidence for this is that among high-performing schools, there is an unrepresentatively large proportion of smaller schools... We also identified the 50 lowest-scoring schools. Nine of these (18 percent) were among the 50 smallest schools. This result is completely consonant with what is expected from de Moivre's equation—smaller schools are expected to have higher variance and hence should be over-represented at both extremes. Note that the regression line shown on the left graph in Figure 4 is essentially flat, indicating that overall, there is no apparent relation between school size and performance. But this is not always true. </blockquote> <ul><li>^1 #^<a class="" href="https://nerdica.net/display/a85d7459-1168-44bd-1b64-1e7165724989" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://nerdica.net/display/a85d7459-1168-44bd-1b64-1e7165724989</a></li><li>^2  <a href="https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-most-dangerous-equation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-most-dangerous-equation</a> <ul><li>^3 #^<a class="" href="https://archive.foodfirst.org/publication/12-myths-about-hunger/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://archive.foodfirst.org/publication/12-myths-about-hunger/</a></li></ul> #<a class="" href="https://tiksi.net/search?tag=BillGates" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">BillGates</a> #<a class="" href="https://tiksi.net/search?tag=BillionDollarMistakes" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">BillionDollarMistakes</a> #<a class="" href="https://tiksi.net/search?tag=GatesInUSA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">GatesInUSA</a> #<a class="" href="https://tiksi.net/search?tag=GatesMistake" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">GatesMistake</a> ? #<a class="" href="https://tiksi.net/search?tag=BillionDollarMistake" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">BillionDollarMistake</a> #<a class="" href="https://tiksi.net/search?tag=BillionDollarPolicyMistake" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">BillionDollarPolicyMistake</a> #<a class="" href="https://tiksi.net/search?tag=GatesBillionDollarMistake" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">GatesBillionDollarMistake</a> #<a class="" href="https://tiksi.net/search?tag=GatesFoundation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">GatesFoundation</a> </li></ul>

Brian Small<blockquote>> According to an external assessment by Timothy A. Wise of Tufts University, severe hunger in AGRA countries increased by 30% between AGRA’s founding and 2018. Crop yield increases have been modest, and where they exist, they haven’t always been enough to cover the higher cost of farming with commercial seeds and agricultural inputs. Dependence on fertilizer has increased the debt and financial precarity of the small farmers who make up the majority of farmers in Africa. In some cases the limited yield increases have also been temporary, as soil fertility has diminished due to monoculture farming and fertilizer use. For instance, Ethiopian farmers “will say that the soil is corrupted, meaning it cannot produce food” without synthetic fertilizer, reports Million Belay of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA).</blockquote> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinero/2024/09/02/why-african-groups-want-reparations-from-the-gates-foundation/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">forbes.com/sites/christinero/2…</a> <a href="https://nerdica.net/search?tag=GatesInAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesInAfrica</a> <a href="https://nerdica.net/search?tag=AGRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AGRA</a> <a href="https://nerdica.net/search?tag=AgriBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AgriBusiness</a> <a href="https://nerdica.net/search?tag=GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a>

Headlines AfricaAfrica: Bill Gates Pledges Bulk of $200b Fund to Africa Over Next 20 Years: [Daba Finance] Bill Gates announced that the Gates Foundation will direct most of its $200 billion endowment to Africa over the next two decades The announcement was made in Addis Ababa, where Gates addressed African leaders, calling for stronger collaboration on health and development Gates urged African governments to prioritize primary… <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLCFFX" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLCFFX</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Africa</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillGates</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Healthcare</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Education</a>

bsmall2The more things change... > The money spent by the Duke in this merry-making was obtained by taxing grain so heavily that bread was at famine prices, and vast numbers of the poor died of hunger. A hundred years ago, in a society now extinct, the point of view which puts charity above independence now seems to us grotesque. But in newer forms it still survives and is still politically powerful. <a href="https://russell-j.com/CHARITY.HTM" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://russell-j.com/CHARITY.HTM</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/RussellOnCharity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RussellOnCharity</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/Charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Charity</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a> ??

Headlines AfricaAfrica: AUC Chairperson Received Mr. Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation: [African Union] This morning, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, received Mr. Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation. <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TL6vKP" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TL6vKP</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Africa</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillGates</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/AUC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AUC</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/AfricanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AfricanUnion</a>

Bohemian Peasant<a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillGates</a>: “I don’t know that President Trump is aware that these cuts will, in the case of <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HIV</a>, mean hundreds of thousands of babies infected and literally over a million people dying.”“I don’t think Trump’s aware of what happened there [i.e. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a>] or Secretary <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rubio</a>, or the <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a>.”⬆️ Examples of a demented Trump being used as a puppet by ideologues and grifters like <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>, <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StephenMiller</a> & <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/RussellVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RussellVought</a>.<a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/philanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philanthropy</a> 🧵2/End

Bohemian PeasantDavid Pilling from the Financial Times <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/FT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FT</a> interviewed <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillGates</a> about the defunding of international aid, e.g. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a> and <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/PEPFAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PEPFAR</a>.Gates has some unflattering words about <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>: “I’m disappointed that the picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.”<a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> (28 mins) <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/philanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philanthropy</a> 🧵1/2<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-economics-show/id1746352576?i=1000708055671" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-economics-show/id1746352576?i=1000708055671</a>

Kent Pitman<a href="https://mastodon.world/@verdantsquare" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@verdantsquare</a> The best thing Gates could invest in is saving/restoring US democracy.The sitting administration, like the other world autocracies, is a petrostate with no interest in addressing Climate Change. In fact, it wants to undo progress to date and deny/hide Climate Science.We The People will hopefully vote otherwise, but the machinery of voting by the time that happens will be compromised, and that's unlikely to fix the problem. At this point, the only votes that count are those of billionaires.If the greedy billionaires line up behind profit at the expense of all else, and the less greedy billionaires fritter away their funds on issues that are individually important but that collectively sap any hope of a long-term future for humanity, we're just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Even if we cured cancer and solved myriad other societal ills, if the Climate Crisis isn't solved, society will melt down anyway and humans may well go extinct, so what was the point?Also, unless he puts unexpected safeguards on things, I'll bet quite a bit of this goes to using or investing in AI, which at this point means a hugely more energy-intensive and fresh-water-consuming world at a time when we can least afford it. In effect, it's an investment in hastening the Climate problem.I'm sure he'll put some of it into specific Climate efforts, but the thing is this: While it's useful to do some amount of research on climate, we know what we really have to do and are not doing it. A sustainable future means ramping down energy use and consumption-based economics.The problem with research isn't that it might not produce some wonderful discovery, but that we don't know that it will, and we don't know the timeline. As such, we need to start in earnest doing things we DO know how to do and that we DO know the timeline for. He is not promising to do that.I see no serious leadership on Climate here, just a giant hunk of monetary inertia on a path that is sinking humanity. I'd love it if someone could convince me otherwise, but I'm not optimistic. I certainly don't think it's the sort of thing where just "trusting the process" is enough.<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateEmergency</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/petrostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#petrostate</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/LateStageCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LateStageCapitalism</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sustainability</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateScience</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/philanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philanthropy</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Gates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gates</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillGates</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a>

padeluun ⁂Bill Gates schießt gegen Elon Musk: Der reichste Mann der Welt tötet durch seine Kürzungen bei der Entwicklungshilfe die ärmsten Kinder. Gates findet das unerträglich und will bis 2045 fast sein gesamtes Vermögen für mildtätige Zwecke einsetzen. Fokus: Senkung der Kinder- und Müttersterblichkeit sowie Impfungen gegen Polio, Malaria und Masern. Gates: „Ich will nicht als reicher Mann sterben!“<a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillGates</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Entwicklungshilfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Entwicklungshilfe</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a><a href="https://www.manager-magazin.de/politik/bill-gates-attackiert-elon-musk-reichster-mann-toetet-die-aermsten-kinder-der-welt-a-07db7356-ab14-40d4-87d9-1076af558cf2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.manager-magazin.de/politik/bill-gates-attackiert-elon-musk-reichster-mann-toetet-die-aermsten-kinder-der-welt-a-07db7356-ab14-40d4-87d9-1076af558cf2</a>

BigGucciElWopo<a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/63jUf32VCNk?si=fq_ue_cX3VxpWxoU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/shorts/63jUf32VCNk?si=fq_ue_cX3VxpWxoU</a>Bill Gates’ Shocking Plan to Give Away EVERYTHING – Good or Evil? . . . <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillGates</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Philanthropy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Billionaires</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Charity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalIssues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GlobalIssues</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poverty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Healthcare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ControversialNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ControversialNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoneyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MoneyMatters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialImpact</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Debate</a>

Some Bits: Nelson's LinkblogGates' philanthropy: Long interview with Bill Gates about his charitable plans <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/magazine/bill-gates-foundation-closing-2045.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/magazine/bill-gates-foundation-closing-2045.html</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/gatesfoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gatesfoundation</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/philanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philanthropy</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/billgates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#billgates</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#charity</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/giving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#giving</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a> #+

NateI love how Bill Gates waits until he's a million billion years old, has already decimated the american education system, and NOW he wants to start reverse mortgaging his fortune. What a fucking cock. <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/gatesfoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gatesfoundation</a>

FlowChainSenseiIf YOU had $100bn to give away, what would YOU give it to? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a>

FlowChainSenseiIf YOU had $100bn to give away, what would YOU give it to? <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a>

WinbuzzerGates Foundation Sets 2045 End Date, Accelerates $200B+ Giving Pledge<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillGates</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Philanthropy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GlobalHealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForeignAid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GlobalDevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Innovation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIforGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIforGood</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EndPoverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EndPoverty</a><a href="https://winbuzzer.com/2025/05/08/gates-foundation-sets-2045-end-date-accelerates-200b-giving-pledge-xcxwbn/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://winbuzzer.com/2025/05/08/gates-foundation-sets-2045-end-date-accelerates-200b-giving-pledge-xcxwbn/</a>

Michael SantalyLet’s not forget that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BillGates</a> is also a horrible person, and the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/gatesfoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#gatesfoundation</a> has a caused a lot of harm to our education system. The only <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#billionaires</a> who should be glorified are those who are willing to become class traitors <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#USpol</a>

Steve Dustcircle 🌹<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillGates</a> announces plan to give ‘virtually all’ his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#money</a> away and end the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a> in 20 years<a href="https://ground.news/article/bill-gates-pledges-his-remaining-fortune-to-the-gates-foundation-which-will-close-in-20-years?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ground.news/article/bill-gates-pledges-his-remaining-fortune-to-the-gates-foundation-which-will-close-in-20-years?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share</a>

NonilexAnd it comes laced with familiar <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humanitarian</a> confidence, as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillGates</a> & his team now believe that their central goals can be achieved in much shorter time. But it is also disconcertingly definitive: The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a> will close its doors, permanently, on Dec. 31, 2045, at least several decades before originally intended. In the meantime, it will be spending down its endowment, as well as almost all of Gates’s remaining personal fortune.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/philanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philanthropy</a>

NonilexFor all its pragmatic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> spade work, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a> has also served as a kind of valorous abstraction—the seeming embodiment of “the Golden Rule,” in a phrase that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillGates</a> likes to use, & the face of an increasingly anachronistic era of elite optimism.“You could say this announcement is not very timely,” Gates says, but the timeline isn’t short: He is committing the foundation to 20 more years of generous <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aid</a>, >$200B in total, targeting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#human</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#development</a>.

NonilexEstablished in 2000 — when Melinda French Gates was just 35 & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillGates</a> was 44 & the world’s richest man — the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GatesFoundation</a> quickly became one of the most consequential philanthropies the world has ever seen, utterly reshaping the landscape of global <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a>, pouring >$100 billion into causes starved for resources & helping save tens of millions of lives.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/philanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philanthropy</a>

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