[liberationtech] Bill Gates on Project Loon vs malaria

[Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes]

Those comments by Bill Gates are no more than "blows below the belt."
Despicable.

He should complain about spending on "erectile dysfunction" (and so
many other "rich people ailments) research vs. eradication of malaria,
not Internet access, which also is a human right!

Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato,

Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes
<alps at acm.org>
+1 (817) 271-9619


On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Richard Brooks <rrb at acm.org> wrote:
> On 08/09/2013 12:25 PM, Kyle Maxwell wrote:>
> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/09/bill-gates-google-project-loon
>>
>> ===
>>
>> Bill Gates criticises Google's Project Loon initiative
>>
>> Former Microsoft chief says low-income countries need more than just
>> internet access
>>
>> ===
>
> On the one hand, clean drinking water is important and
> the fact that little work is done on malaria because it
> effects mainly poor people is disgusting.
>
> On the other hand, I've heard lots of people in the
> countries that would benefit from a cure for
> malaria this year asking about what they can do when
> their government shuts down the Internet. The idea
> that information can still go in or out against government
> wishes is important to them.
>
> I guess people may want to be healthy and free at the
> same time.
>
>
>
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