<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">I just watched the first episode of the Netflix <i>Inside Bill's Brain</i> thing. Recommended—great storytelling, and all that.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">More to the point, the thread running through the episode was his-and-Melinda's Foundation's quest to get sanitation into slums. Eye-opening stuff.</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="1"> <br>// <a href="http://twitter.com/RiCHi" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">@RiCHi</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> |</span> <a href="tel:%2B44.7789.200701" value="+447789200701" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">+44.7789.200701</a> | <a href="tel:1.408.256.0084" value="+14082560084" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">1.408.256.0084</a> | <a href="http://richi.uk/" target="_blank">richi.uk</a> <br></font></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font face="georgia, serif" size="1"> </font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 4:21 PM Christine Hall via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The foundation is addressing many issues that I certainly believe need <br>
to be addressed, but I have a lot of problems with the solutions the <br>
foundation is proposing.<br>
<br>
Christine Hall<br>
Publisher & Editor<br>
FOSS Force: Keeping tech free<br>
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On 10/14/19 12:24 AM, Perlow, Jason wrote:<br>
> You do understand how much money his foundation gives to charities in <br>
> Africa and other developing nations including critically underfunded <br>
> 501c3 in the US? That he has pledged most of his fortune to charitable <br>
> causes?<br>
> <br>
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2019, 12:23 PM Christine Hall via Ipg-smz <br>
> <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> I haven't read the article, but I suspect Bill and Melinda Gates'<br>
> involvement. No thanks, Microsoft. Thanks a lot.<br>
> <br>
> Christine Hall<br>
> Publisher & Editor<br>
> FOSS Force: Keeping tech free<br>
> <a href="http://fossforce.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://fossforce.com</a><br>
> <br>
> On 10/12/19 10:27 AM, Phil Shapiro via Ipg-smz wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> <a href="https://news.microsoft.com/2019/10/01/novartis-and-microsoft-announce-collaboration-to-transform-medicine-with-artificial-intelligence/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://news.microsoft.com/2019/10/01/novartis-and-microsoft-announce-collaboration-to-transform-medicine-with-artificial-intelligence/</a><br>
> ><br>
> > But please, don't deliver the drug via patch. Not on Tuesday.<br>
> > And no blue computer screens in any of your promotional<br>
> > materials.<br>
> ><br>
> > phil<br>
> ><br>
> > In case your drug doesn't work, turn it off, wait a few<br>
> seconds,<br>
> > and then reboot.<br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> > --<br>
> > Phil Shapiro, <a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com" target="_blank">pshapiro@his.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com" target="_blank">pshapiro@his.com</a>><br>
> > <a href="http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html</a><br>
> > <a href="http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro</a><br>
> > <a href="http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html</a><br>
> ><br>
> > "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>
> > "Learning happens thru gentleness."<br>
> > "We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose<br>
> from<br>
> > real options." David Suzuki<br>
> ><br>
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