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probablybetter on Jan 21, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: I Met Paul Graham Once

no. just NO. look at maps of polio proliferation before/after Jonas Salk, the frikkin guy who DISCOVERED/CREATED the polio vaccine, and then look at maps related to Gates work, which, while admirable, bears no comparison from the night-vs-day world of pre-polio-vaccine vs post-vaccine. Wards of people in iron-lung machines staring at mirrors on the ceiling. It was before your time, but this is no excuse for spouting total nonsense.

mgraczyk on Jan 21, 2025 [–]

You might be right. It is possible that Gates is merely one of the most positively impactful human beings, rather than the absolute most positively impactful.

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