Bill Gates looks alot like Steven Hawkins. I wouldn't be suprised if gates was a clone of Hawkins. If anyone could pull it of, Stevie could.
The Best Books I Read in 2013
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#162Mega nerd books.
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How many college-educated liberal folks with a non-engineering background do you know? It's all but impossible to avoid him in these circles. (I say this as a philosophy degree-holding liberal pinko who is is exasperated by Gladwell. To be fair, I'm more exasperated with the culture of cherry-picking near-banalities wrapped in an engaging narrative that he and the TED folks have propagated rather than their work itse…
I know a few, but perhaps they're not close enough to New York? Sounds like you're complaining about style over substance... I suppose I'd find it annoying as well.
Precisely the opposite: he has a very engaging style, which makes his lack of substance all the more insidious.
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Let's say one of the most significant philanthropists. Carnegie and Rockefeller were extraordinary philanthropists and in inflation-adjusted dollars, Rockefeller gave away more. What Gates has done that's unique is to pressure/induce other super-wealthy individuals to also donate their wealth to charity.
Gates isn't being measured as the most significant philanthropist because of how much money he is giving away, inflation adjusted or otherwise. He isn't even measured that way because he's also directing much of Warren Buffet's (and others) wealth towards philanthropy; those those are significant accomplishments. Rather, he's being measured as the most significant philanthropist, because his underlying belief systems…
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