Gates Issues Call For "Creative Capitalism"

theodp writes "Bill Gates makes his case for Creative Capitalism in TIME, citing projects like a Text-Free UI for illiterate computing, the use of Multimouse technology to allow fifty kids to share one computer display, cell phone billing by the second, and Bono's RED campaign as examples of the type of corporate creativity that can make the world a better place for the billion or so people scraping by on less than a dollar a day. Michael Kinsley, a former Microsoft employee whose wife still advises the Gates Foundation, says it's hard to object to Gates' goals, but notes that creative capitalism does have its share of skeptics, and points out that there was not a whole lot of energy devoted to lifting up the world's poor during Bill's three decades at Microsoft."

needs a logo

[gEvil (beta)]

I think the only way a Gates innovation like "Creative Capitalism" will really take off is if it has a nice logo to indicate when something is Creative Capitalism compliant. I suggest two lowercase C's in a circle.

Re:creative

[Metasquares]

Forget capitalism; I was going to ask what it had to do with creativity :)

But, but...

[Anonymous Coward]

Creative [creative.com] *is* a capitalist company!

Re:Text-free UI?

[$RANDOMLUSER]

640 words should be enough for anyone.

Not Surprising

[dangitman]

A long-time practitioner of "creative bookkeeping" and "creative business practices" advocates "creative capitalism." What a shocker.

I'm sure mob bosses would rather people call murder "creative surgery" too.

Re:Gotta monetize it

[Bastard of Subhumani]

A few typos in there, pal.

the man has donated a fuckton of our money, that he stole through illegal monopolistic practices, to salve his conscience and save his image

That's what you meant to write.

Re:Creative Capitalism

[MrKaos]

If the law is changed all the works on those image banks will lose their copyright and Mr. Gates will be able to turn a profit on them, while all the creative people learn a hard lesson in capitalism.

Thats no reason to question the sincerity of a man on a mission to relieve poverty while dressed in a $10,000 Armani suit.

I always wondered what a Billion dollar Bill looks like.

Re:Creative Capitalism

[KGIII]

But, well, it is creative. ;)

How many people could Bill feed?

[MrKaos]

If they just ate him.

It depends

[Anonymous Coward]

On how thinly they slice him.

Re:WTF is this "education" worship going on?

[plantman-the-womb-st]

I don't know, I'm neither Korean nor young and I speak English.

640 words?

[drolive]

640 words should be enough for anyone.

This is why I think there is a world market for maybe five dictionaries.

Re:640 words?

[$RANDOMLUSER]

There is no reason for any individual to have a dictionary in his home.