Bill Gates has become somewhat of a bogeyman for a lot of people. He was always an odd duck. When he decided to make himself Mr. Vaccine, I thought that was pretty eccentric, but I thought he was just trying to make himself look better, sort of how Carneige started donating lots of money after he had acted like an extremely ruthless sociopath for most of his career.
Good discussion. I feel like it isn’t so much that the people at the very top really are dumb. Smart enough not to get killed, at least. Usually they seem either lucky (Gates) or ruthless (Soros, Clintons etc). It’s more that they are smart enough and rich enough to buy the right loyal underlings that really are possibly brilliant, definitely diabolical true believers. Our current Oligarch class isn’t so much brilliant, ruthless, and efficient. They are more just kind of winging it. Causing many unintended problems that they not only don’t want to get blamed for, but also want credit for fixing. WEF is kind of a clown show. But the Trilateral Commission, which has many overlapping members, seems like a smarter set, and pretty diabolical.
Good discussion. I feel like it isn’t so much that the people at the very top really are dumb. Smart enough not to get killed, at least. Usually they seem either lucky (Gates) or ruthless (Soros, Clintons etc). It’s more that they are smart enough and rich enough to buy the right loyal underlings that really are possibly brilliant, definitely diabolical true believers. Our current Oligarch class isn’t so much brilliant, ruthless, and efficient. They are more just kind of winging it. Causing many unintended problems that they not only don’t want to get blamed for, but also want credit for fixing. WEF is kind of a clown show. But the Trilateral Commission, which has many overlapping members, seems like a smarter set, and pretty diabolical.