Why I Resigned from the Gates Foundation(nytimes.com)

11 pointsby jasonhansel7 yıl önce5 comments

Why I Resigned from the Gates Foundation

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/opinion/modi-gates-award.html

5 comments

dharmon7 yıl önce

I read this being open and very curious to criticisms of the Gates Foundation. But to be honest, I thought the criticism seemed a little weak. Then halfway through, it became clearer.

The author doesn't care about toilets in India or give a shit (pardon the pun) about Untouchables. Their real beef with Modi is his treatment of Indian Muslims.

This is a perfectly valid criticism and something open to discussion, but for some reason it really rubs me the wrong way that this person is pretending its about something else. At least have the courage to say what you really think instead of hiding behind weak-ass "he says he built 100mm toilets but it was only 50mm!" claims.

Topgamer77 yıl önce

I'm this close to writing a user script to just hide all nytimes articles on HN

washadjeffmad7 yıl önce

They're already in my hosts, but I'd use it.

tabtab7 yıl önce

This article popped up again on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21118689

netforay7 yıl önce

Even though unfortunate to loose support of good people like him, it would be in the interest of the foundation to honer the PM to make biggest impact for their efforts.