Footnote: the outcome of the Epstein/Gates email itself is immaterial—what's interesting is the mind set underlying it, which seems to have strong explanatory power for our current mess: there are too many poor people, and Epstein and his mates would like to get rid of us.

@cstross

The fact that Gates wanted to give his wife STD medication without her knowledge tells you everything you need to know about Microsoft's and the tech industry's approach to consent.

@svavar @cstross

Also explains the uncontested divorce. 😆

Some of us had an idea of what he was back when he ripped off DR DOS.

Source: https://culturacolectiva.com/en/technology/bill-gates-plagiarism-inventions/

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