[liberationtech] Bill Gates on Project Loon vs malaria

[Tom O]

I think project LOON serves Googles purpose well.

Whether it's altruistic, I'll wait and see.

Certainly disease and famine are a more important and pressing concern in
Africa. I will happily stand with Bill & Melinda re this.

I don't think the two issues are comparable, which is where I think Bill
goes wrong in his criticism.

On Saturday, August 10, 2013, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes wrote:

> 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 <javascript:;>>
> +1 (817) 271-9619
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Richard Brooks <rrb at acm.org<javascript:;>>
> 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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