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Meet Bill Gates, the philandering philanthropist who attempts to remake the world's operating system in his own image. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation.
Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.
For an entertaining deep dive into the theme of season five (Phalse Prophets), read the definitive peer-reviewed taxonomic analysis (bit.ly/RSIC-Journal) from our very own Jason Bradford, PhD.
Sources/Links/Notes:
• Bill Gates, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/633968/how-to-avoid-a-climate-disaster-by-bill-gates/) , 2021.
• Alan Guebert, "Given What We Don't Know, Why Do We Act Like We Do Know? (farmandfoodfile.com/2022/10/28/given-what-we-dont-know-why-do-we-act-like-we-do-know/) ," Food and Farm File, September 25, 2022.
• Gates Foundation, "Bill and Melinda Gates Pledge $10 Billion in Call for Decade of Vaccines, (gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center/press-releases/2010/01/bill-and-melinda-gates-pledge-$10-billion-in-call-for-decade-of-vaccines) " January 2010.
• Bill Gates TED Talk, "The next outbreak? We're not ready (ted.com/talks/bill_gates_the_next_outbreak_we_re_not_ready?language=dz) ," 2015.
• Erin Banco, Ashleigh Furlong, and Lennart Pfahler, "How Bill Gates and partners used their clout to control the global Covid response — with little oversight (politico.com/news/2022/09/14/global-covid-pandemic-response-bill-gates-partners-00053969) ," Politico, September 14, 2022.
• Anand Giridharadas, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/539747/winners-take-all-by-anand-giridharadas/) , October 1, 2019.
• Timothy A. Wise "Failing Africa’s Farmers: An Impact Assessment of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (https://sites.tufts.edu/gdae/files/2020/07/20-01_Wise_FailureToYield.pdf) ," Tufts University, July 2020.
• Anmar Frangoul, "Bill Gates on why he'll carry on using private jets and campaigning on climate change (cnbc.com/amp/2023/02/07/private-jet-use-and-climate-campaigning-not-hypocritical-bill-gates-.html) ," CNBC, February 7, 2023.
• Alnoor Ladha and Lynn Murphy, Post Capitalist Philanthropy: Healing Wealth In The Time Of Collapse (darajapress.com/publication/post-capitalist-philanthropy) , October 17, 2022.
Support the show (postcarbon.org/supportcrazytown/)
Send us a text (buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/244372/open_sms)
Meet Bill Gates, the philandering philanthropist who attempts to remake the world's operating system in his own image. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation.
Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.
For an entertaining deep dive into the theme of season five (Phalse Prophets), read the definitive peer-reviewed taxonomic analysis (bit.ly/RSIC-Journal) from our very own Jason Bradford, PhD.
Sources/Links/Notes:
• Bill Gates, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/633968/how-to-avoid-a-climate-disaster-by-bill-gates/) , 2021.
• Alan Guebert, "Given What We Don't Know, Why Do We Act Like We Do Know? (farmandfoodfile.com/2022/10/28/given-what-we-dont-know-why-do-we-act-like-we-do-know/) ," Food and Farm File, September 25, 2022.
• Gates Foundation, "Bill and Melinda Gates Pledge $10 Billion in Call for Decade of Vaccines, (gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center/press-releases/2010/01/bill-and-melinda-gates-pledge-$10-billion-in-call-for-decade-of-vaccines) " January 2010.
• Bill Gates TED Talk, "The next outbreak? We're not ready (ted.com/talks/bill_gates_the_next_outbreak_we_re_not_ready?language=dz) ," 2015.
• Erin Banco, Ashleigh Furlong, and Lennart Pfahler, "How Bill Gates and partners used their clout to control the global Covid response — with little oversight (politico.com/news/2022/09/14/global-covid-pandemic-response-bill-gates-partners-00053969) ," Politico, September 14, 2022.
• Anand Giridharadas, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/539747/winners-take-all-by-anand-giridharadas/) , October 1, 2019.
• Timothy A. Wise "Failing Africa’s Farmers: An Impact Assessment of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (https://sites.tufts.edu/gdae/files/2020/07/20-01_Wise_FailureToYield.pdf) ," Tufts University, July 2020.
• Anmar Frangoul, "Bill Gates on why he'll carry on using private jets and campaigning on climate change (cnbc.com/amp/2023/02/07/private-jet-use-and-climate-campaigning-not-hypocritical-bill-gates-.html) ," CNBC, February 7, 2023.
• Alnoor Ladha and Lynn Murphy, Post Capitalist Philanthropy: Healing Wealth In The Time Of Collapse (darajapress.com/publication/post-capitalist-philanthropy) , October 17, 2022.
Support the show (postcarbon.org/supportcrazytown/)
