Bill Gates - Maybe the Bible Was Wrong - Rich Men Will Go to Heaven

Last week the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle organised a meeting on, well, "storytelling". We were there, a bunch of "eminent" journalists, to speak out how to tell important stories in interesting ways in these trying times.

That was quite strange, because it was the first meeting conference on anything, that didn't pretend to do something to save the world. None of that "the role of the media in development", "media and contribution to reducing poverty", and no statements or communiqués at the end.

Even more disarming is Bill Gates' transformation from a ruthless and competitive tech entrepreneur. His wife Melinda is a remarkably articulate woman, sounds like a visionary, very businesslike, compelling in her passion about improving education, health, and those kind of things. Bill, well, you would never know that until Carlos Slim came along two or so years ago, was the richest man in the world. He has that truly contented and mildly distracted air about him that you find in men and women who don't need to speak for themselves anymore.

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