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Old 07-28-2009, 02:30 AM  
kane
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Originally Posted by PornHero View Post
Question #1: Will the rise of the "knowledge economy" (the big buzzword back then) have a net effect of creating more jobs or taking jobs away. His answer was - "It will create more jobs but you will need to be better educated to take advantage".

Question #2: If you had to do it all over again, other than computers, what industry would you have gotten into? His answer - "Biotechology, they are doing some really interesting things in Biotechnology right now".

For a billionaire and master of the computer world he was one cool, chilled-out dude. Ever since then I can't bring myself to bash Microsoft. I'm pretty sure he has a few harddrives full of porn.
Nice, those are actually good questions too. I have seen him interviewed before and he seems like a cool guy. He is working hard to find good, productive ways to use his money for positive change in the world.
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