Those people probably dont have any internet, because:
1 - they dont have jobs and lack of money
2 - they are still strugling for food security
3 - their village or city have no energy
4 - they are maybe even without water
5 - they maybe have a low level education
so if they are so good and passionate about helping people all over the world, and they are insanelly wealthy people why they also dont make a bigger plan..
Thats one of the reasons i really admire bill gates right now.. he spend his fortune for a real common good..
while what facebook and others are doing is not bad at all, on the contrary can be a good thing.. what piss me off is that sort of marketing bullshit, like if we are stupid people that would buy that is "all for the common good, rainbows and unicorns"
Do it, show the good side of it, but also show the real reasoning behind it
A human being asking himself, about what he could do to help improve the life of others.. would get a lot of answers to start with but in none of those cases it would start with "extend the internet to the people that can barelly read so they can share their plate without any food in it for lunch time"
Firstly, Bill Gates is being a philanthropist with the billions he earned by running a lot of other entrepreneurs to the ground. But if he's had a change of heart, then I applaud him, even though it doesn't absolve him of what he did in the past.
Secondly, I'm under no illusions about FB's motives, but if this can bring educational resources such as Khan Academy to more people in developing countries, I'm for it. The worst thing you can do to developing nations is to give them handouts (see: Africa). There will be no permanent progress without education.
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Those people probably dont have any internet, because:
1 - they dont have jobs and lack of money
2 - they are still strugling for food security
3 - their village or city have no energy
4 - they are maybe even without water
5 - they maybe have a low level education
so if they are so good and passionate about helping people all over the world, and they are insanelly wealthy people why they also dont make a bigger plan..
Thats one of the reasons i really admire bill gates right now.. he spend his fortune for a real common good..
while what facebook and others are doing is not bad at all, on the contrary can be a good thing.. what piss me off is that sort of marketing bullshit, like if we are stupid people that would buy that is "all for the common good, rainbows and unicorns"
Do it, show the good side of it, but also show the real reasoning behind it
A human being asking himself, about what he could do to help improve the life of others.. would get a lot of answers to start with but in none of those cases it would start with "extend the internet to the people that can barelly read so they can share their plate without any food in it for lunch time"
Firstly, Bill Gates is being a philanthropist with the billions he earned by running a lot of other entrepreneurs to the ground. But if he's had a change of heart, then I applaud him, even though it doesn't absolve him of what he did in the past.
Secondly, I'm under no illusions about FB's motives, but if this can bring educational resources such as Khan Academy to more people in developing countries, I'm for it. The worst thing you can do to developing nations is to give them handouts (see: Africa). There will be no permanent progress without education.