The side of Paul Allen I wish more people knew about
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The side of Paul Allen I wish more people knew about
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#2Didn’t realize Paul saved Cinerama.
> “Our net worth is ultimately defined not by dollars but rather by how well we serve others.”
Yep, exactly.
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#3Didn’t realize Paul saved Cinerama. > “Our net worth is ultimately defined not by dollars but rather by how well we serve others.” Yep, exactly.
When drowning save yourself first
and then when you have enough oxygen you don't have to think about it and can serve others
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#4Didn’t realize Paul saved Cinerama. > “Our net worth is ultimately defined not by dollars but rather by how well we serve others.” Yep, exactly.
Cinerama, MoPOP, Living Computer Museum. They're all love letters to geek culture. If you're in Seattle they are absolutely worth a visit.
Old Microsoft guys tend not to be recognized as being "one of us"... maybe it was Microsoft's culture, and the systematic undermining of open source software and startups through the 90s, but Paul definitely was more like us than we probably care to admit.
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#5Really thoughtful speech from Gates. What an amazing life!
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#6Url changed from https://www.paulallen.com/bill-gates-the-side-of-paul-allen-..., which points to this.
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#7Didn’t know that Allen had a big part in funding KEXP, in addition to all the well-known stuff (Seahawks etc). Crazy the impact one person can have on a city, even if that person is insanely wealthy.
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#8The Allen Institute is definitely doing great work:
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#9The Allen Institute is definitely doing great work: https://www.alleninstitute.org/
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#10Paul allen owned an island in the san juans - when i used to fly to my mothers on Orcas we had to land first at paul allens airport...
There was a beauty and a freedom i used to feel from that experience:
There was no tower, nor staff; just a landing strip and we would fly in - do our thing and then take off again.
It was awesome... and i loved it, because we talk about america being the “land of the free” but we are really the “land of the regulated —special terms apply such as 1) are you rich enough to be free”
But i really liked flying into that island in particular over Orcas due to how libre it felt.