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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
root42@chaos.social wrote:

While I disagree with his business ethics and his stance on software, I must say that Bill Gates is pretty reflected on his own life and how he got where he is.

Often success stories reduce people to stock characters: the boy wonder, the genius engineer, the iconoclastic designer, the paradoxical tycoon. In my case, I'm struck by the set of unique circumstances— mostly out of my control—that shaped both my character and my career. It's impossible to overstate the unearned privilege I enjoyed: to be born in the rich United States is a big part of a winning birth lottery ticket, as is being born white and male in a society that advantages white men.