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milestogo

(16,829 posts) Thu Apr 23, 2020, 10:31 PM Apr 2020

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Watching Bill Gates on MSNBC

Here's a guy who is incredibly smart - because he is smart enough to know how much he doesn't know about a subject and then do everything in his power to educate himself about it. His second career dwarfs his first.

He has a real gift for the big picture.

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Watching Bill Gates on MSNBC (Original Post) milestogo Apr 2020 OP

Yes! And given his intelligence will likely tell you not to inject disinfectants Under The Radar Apr 2020 #1

Well, he doesn't pretend to be a medical expert, but he certainly is fluent in whats going on. milestogo Apr 2020 #2

As would most Under The Radar Apr 2020 #3

ravenously curious. that's better than smart. mopinko Apr 2020 #4

He puts out Sgent Apr 2020 #5

Under The Radar

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1. Yes! And given his intelligence will likely tell you not to inject disinfectants

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2020, 10:41 PM

Apr 2020

milestogo

(16,829 posts)

2. Well, he doesn't pretend to be a medical expert, but he certainly is fluent in whats going on.

Reply to Under The Radar (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 23, 2020, 10:46 PM

Apr 2020

He stays out of politics. But if he did run for president, I'm sure that he would hire only the best and the brightest.

Under The Radar

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3. As would most

Reply to milestogo (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 23, 2020, 10:50 PM

Apr 2020

mopinko

(70,021 posts)

4. ravenously curious. that's better than smart.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2020, 11:26 PM

Apr 2020

Sgent

(5,857 posts)

5. He puts out

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2020, 11:51 PM

Apr 2020

an annual book / reading list that is great. He's very much a renaissance man.

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