One thing I always thought fascinating about Gates was his candid relationship with feces.
mindfuplay’s comment reminded me of the famous glass of shit water Gates drank from his Omniprocessor project [0].
But within that 2015 article, Gates mentions a long term plan for seweage and shit[1]:
>If we can develop safe, affordable ways to get rid of human waste, we can prevent many of those deaths and help more children grow up healthy.
>Western toilets aren’t the answer, because they require a massive infrastructure of sewer lines and treatment plants that just isn’t feasible in many poor countries.
He also mentions he wrote about toilets before in a 2012 article titled “Reflections on the Reinventing the Toilet Challenge.”[2]
Digging deeper into that article brought me to a PDF from the Gates Foundation outlining grants from their 2011 program: “Reinvent the Toilet Challenge” [3]
mindfuplay’s comment reminded me of the famous glass of shit water Gates drank from his Omniprocessor project [0].
But within that 2015 article, Gates mentions a long term plan for seweage and shit[1]:
>If we can develop safe, affordable ways to get rid of human waste, we can prevent many of those deaths and help more children grow up healthy.
>Western toilets aren’t the answer, because they require a massive infrastructure of sewer lines and treatment plants that just isn’t feasible in many poor countries.
He also mentions he wrote about toilets before in a 2012 article titled “Reflections on the Reinventing the Toilet Challenge.”[2]
Digging deeper into that article brought me to a PDF from the Gates Foundation outlining grants from their 2011 program: “Reinvent the Toilet Challenge” [3]
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[0]:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVzppWSIFU0
[1]:https://www.gatesnotes.com/Development/Omniprocessor-From-Po...
[2]:https://www.gatesnotes.com/Development/Reflections-on-the-Re...
[3]:https://docs.gatesfoundation.org/Documents/wsh-reinvent-the-...