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Bill Gates Does Something Unusual: Releases Bugs!
The Raw Feed —
Bill Gates did something unusual today at the TED genius-fest: He unleashed a swarm of live mosquitoes into the audience. No, he wasn't promoting Windows Vista. He was making the point that "not only poor people should experience this," by which I guess he meant the experience of being abused by a billionaire. Just kidding. He was talking about malaria. Anyway, it was a good day to not be at TED.
more bugs from microsoft: bill gates releases mosquitoes at ted 2009 conference
technabob —
... mosquitoes and said, “we’ll let them roam around the auditorium. There’s no reason only the poor should experience this…”
Techflash confirms the expected: the mosquitoes weren’t carrying malaria. But I think he still scared - and pissed off - a few people in the crowd. Up next: Gates campaigns for better internet security, aims to raise awareness about viruses… and trojans?
[also via Ethan Zuckerman's blog]
image via msnbc ...
What will Bill "Skeeter" Gates do next?
The Seattle Times: Brier Dudley's blog —
Bill Gates' mosquito-release stunt at TED yesterday was amazing.
After decades of mellow, academic keynotes, could he get radical in his quest to raise awareness of social and health issues?
What will he do next?
A few ideas:
- Throw pies at Big Pharma executives who aren't doing enough for global health.
- Have Nordstrom outfit a few people lined up at the unemployment office, then add them to the mix of suits at the Microsoft CEO Summit in May.
- Hire The Stranger's Dan "the Doorknob" Savage as an outreach ...
