What I loved about Paul Allen, By Bill Gates

[Mediocre Man]

I don't want to sidetrack into theological debate but I absolutely disagree that religion is needed for morality: my ecexperien has been closer to the opposite.

Morals have nothing to do with religion.

The thing with morality is it's the difference between right and wrong. What's right to one person may be wrong, or not as right to another.

 

[crandc]

Morals have nothing to do with religion.

The thing with morality is it's the difference between right and wrong. What's right to one person may be wrong, or not as right to another.

Disagree. Start by trying to treat other people, animals, planet with respect. Sometimes we all fall short because humans do. Acknowledge, try to do better.

No need for gods. Realize you have one chance at life. You won't be perfect. But you probably won't laugh at sexual assaults, say poor people deserve it, make excuses for murdering a dissident journalist, and you won't be a Lakers fan.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

I dont believe this discussion belongs here. This was about Bill Gates thoughts on PA which brought up what BG believed trying to get into morality and religion is a discussion for the off topic section.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Disagree. Start by trying to treat other people, animals, planet with respect. Sometimes we all fall short because humans do. Acknowledge, try to do better.

No need for gods. Realize you have one chance at life. You won't be perfect. But you probably won't laugh at sexual assaults, say poor people deserve it, make excuses for murdering a dissident journalist, and you won't be a Lakers fan.

So sport fishing equals bad morals? Not recycling or working at a pollution inducing factory equals bad morals?

 

[Mediocre Man]

I dont believe this discussion belongs here. This was about Bill Gates thoughts on PA which brought up what BG believed trying to get into morality and religion is a discussion for the off topic section.

Every thread gets derailed.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

It's nice to know that now Gates acknowledges how crucial Allen was to his success; maybe he should have also included an apology for some of the stuff he tried to pull in the past: "Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has accused his former business partner Bill Gates of plotting to dilute Allen's stake in the world's largest software company before he left in 1983, and tried to buy his share of the company on the cheap."
https://www.smh.com.au/technology/h...at-me-microsoft-cofounder-20110331-1cgu3.html

 

[handiman]

It's nice to know that now Gates acknowledges how crucial Allen was to his success; maybe he should have also included an apology for some of the stuff he tried to pull in the past: "Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has accused his former business partner Bill Gates of plotting to dilute Allen's stake in the world's largest software company before he left in 1983, and tried to buy his share of the company on the cheap."
https://www.smh.com.au/technology/h...at-me-microsoft-cofounder-20110331-1cgu3.html

That's the evil history the company is famous for, which is what makes it so strange how good both Allen and Gates turned out to be. Water under the bridge, I guess?

 

[DreamKillah]

PA shreds his strat (more or less) : https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/...101c74d6f09a3de89015baab36344b66&action=click

 

[ripcityboy]

It's nice to know that now Gates acknowledges how crucial Allen was to his success; maybe he should have also included an apology for some of the stuff he tried to pull in the past: "Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has accused his former business partner Bill Gates of plotting to dilute Allen's stake in the world's largest software company before he left in 1983, and tried to buy his share of the company on the cheap."
https://www.smh.com.au/technology/h...at-me-microsoft-cofounder-20110331-1cgu3.html

Allen probably went all Eduardo Savarin on Gates before he left. But who knows?