[hindsightbias]

This view of Gates is colored by his reimagining as managed by/with Melinda from the 90s on.

The MS crew whoring around in the 80s was a well known thing. Zebras dont change their stripes and none of this matters wrt to having a clue/foresight about vaccines and doing good things with wealth/influence.

[bastawhiz]

As someone not alive in the 80s, what does "The MS crew whoring around" mean? If "whoring around" means "sleeping around" (or even paying for sex) then I'm confused because that doesn't really compare to pimping teens.

[baud147258]

well, if one is going around hiring sex workers, they'd need to contact a pimp, right?

[bastawhiz]

Strictly speaking, no. But even if they did, it's a real stretch to try to say that people hiring sex workers are morally on the same level as men pimping teenage girls.

[AndrewBissell]

Maybe you're not very familiar with the details of the Epstein case, but "whoring around" doesn't even begin to capture the level of sociopathic harm that Epstein and his pedophile ring inflicted on the children it abused. If Gates was capable of partaking in that sort of arch predatory behavior, why in the world would anyone continue to trust him when it comes to any other matter? Even the ostensibly good stuff with no apparent harms or ill will could just be some kind of cover in service of a longer con.

[swader999]

I don't understand the down votes. You are spot on.