Imagine imposing a tax on every corporation in the developed world, collecting $100 per white-collar worker per year, and then directing one third of the proceeds to curing AIDS and malaria. That, effectively, is what Bill Gates has done.

—Anil Dash, from a very thoughtful piece on the legacy of Bill Gates. I think the part where the argument falls apart is that the Gates foundation owes as much, if not more, to the prodding of Melinda than Bill’s inherent good will, but I certainly won’t deny the good that the foundation has already done and will certainly continue to do.