I come from a third world country and i know that there are tens of millions who are suffering everyday. They are no different than you.We're all human beings. You're just luckier. Bill should definitely get a peace prize for his compassion and generosity.
No technical people that I'm aware of worship Steve Jobs because of his humanitarian qualities. In fact, if you were to do a broad survey using humanitarian work as a criteria, Bill Gates would be the overwhelming preference. Admiring the charisma of Steve Jobs and the generosity of Bill Gates are not mutually exclusive behaviors. By suggesting that that people "stop worshiping Steve Jobs", you seem to be claiming that they are.
Also, "you techies" strikes me as distancing language with a hostile tone. I think you're projecting a broad, unfounded stereotype on people of developed countries. Personally I've very conscious that I was born one of the most advantageous positions in the world. I donate portions of my income with that thought in mind.
maxwin here relates to his background and calls for recognition of what bill gates is doing, not mentioning with a single word Steve Jobs. Yet, you've managed to post a rant about him.
What is wrong with you? This is like watching guitar playing videos on youtube, where you watch a great guy going at it, playing virtuously some fine piece of music - it's about him, his skill and that piece of music - yet someone posts about some other guitarist how great he is and whatnot.
Let me be the one who says this. Who cares about Steve Jobs and Apple and his fans or whatever where we are talking about what Bill Gates and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are doing about fixing the shit world we live in.
Stop being a teenage girl, this ain't no Backstreet Boys vs East17 or something like that. Though sometimes it is exactly like that and I am truly ashamed of people that behave like that in a group of people I gravitate to.
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edit: apparently maxwin edited his post and I hadn't realized it. My sincere apologies then, but if I'd seen original post by maxwin - a bit altered rant would be directed towards him.
I prefer not to think of it as "calling out" someone because I think that phrase has confrontational connotations. Rather, I just highlighted a problem in an otherwise valid point. maxwin edited is comment and now I'm in full agreement with him. Rather civil discourse if you ask me. :)
tsally posted soon after maxwin did - their times both say "2 hours ago" for me. I suspect tsally is responding to things that maxwin later edited out.
The irony is that you're doing what you're talking about.
For several years, I have had an idea for a nonprofit that would bring top next-gen leaders & influencers from the USA over to third world countries (in Africa, in the current plan), to open their eyes to conditions so they can learn the point you just wrote, maxwin. We're all human beings, and we need to do all we can to help our fellow (wo)man. The hope would be, these people would go on to become the Bill Gates of the next generation and would use their influence to do good.
Great job. I have a friend who has a similar program (based in Stanford). Every year, they take a group of American and Japanese college students and then visit countries in South East Asia (Thailand, Burma, etc). Most of the students stated that the trip has totally changed their lives.
