Bill Gates loses it

I know he's passionate about philanthropy, but, well...

Bill Gates, the billionaire founder of Microsoft and a renowned philanthropist, let loose a swarm of mosquitoes at a technology conference in California to highlight the dangers of malaria.

‘Malaria is spread by mosquitoes,’ the Microsoft founder yelled at a well-heeled crowd at a technology conference in California.

’I brought some,’ he added. ‘Here, I’ll let them roam around – there is no reason only poor people should be infected.’

It turns out that the mosquitoes weren't infected with malaria, but needless to say, some of the conference participants were not amused.  I can't say I blame them.

Well, it's a good thing he has as much money as he does, seeing as how that seems to be the dividing line between "crazy person yelling and throwing bugs at people" and "eccentric genius."

(Via Elliott in the comments here.)

Posted by: Sean M. at 09:22 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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