No doubt, Bill Gates is the mastermind behind Microsoft and, among other software products, Microsoft came up with PowerPoint 23 years ago, July 1987[1]. And now our #1 billionaire has come up with an open letter, “What Is The Corona/Covid-19 Virus Really Teaching Us[2]?” where at the end he says:
(The virus) is sent to remind us of the important lessons that we seem to have forgotten and it is up to us if we will learn them or not.
In his Open Letter, Bill Gates shares 14 powerpoints (my brainword), prefacing with these words:
I’m a strong believer that there is a spiritual purpose behind everything that happens, whether that is what we perceive as being good or being bad. As I meditate upon this, I want to share with you what I feel the Corona/Covid-19 virus is really doing to us.
He then lists down his own 14 specific teachings on this, Our Coronavirus World; here are my brevities:
(1) We are all equal.
(2) We are all connected.
(3) Our health is precious.
(4) We must help each other.
(5) We have become materialistic.
(6) We have neglected our family and home life.
(7) Our true work is to look after each other.
(8) We must keep our egos in check.
(10) We can be patient, or we can panic.
(11) This can either be an end or a new beginning.
(12) This Earth is sick.
(13) After every difficulty, there is always ease.
(14) The Corona/Covid-19 virus is a great corrector.
(14) The Corona/Covid-19 virus is a great corrector.
Yes, I enlarged them all because Bill Gates is emphasizing them all equally by simply enumerating them.
No, he was not thinking of making a PowerPoint presentation – but he should have been!
Looking at the list, if I convert it into a Venn diagram, it will look like this one (SmartArtfrom Microsoft Word 2016):
Do you see the point?
Of course not!
There are too many points wanting to catch your eye at the same time!
Of course not!
There are too many points wanting to catch your eye at the same time!
I call that a personalPowerPoint failure – it is the person who fails, not the app.
And so, this is exactly what Bill Gates fails to deliver in his Open Letter:
What is the main message?
(That is what is missing!)
(That is what is missing!)
To help American billionaire Bill Gates, this Filipino millionaire of words blogged, 6 million words in total, will now try to point out what should have been his main message:
We are one.
Now then, to follow Bill Gates’ enumeration, The Great Connector is that one: “We are one.” And so those 14 points merely enumerated by Bill Gates now have a major thought behind; and all should have been connected to that one in a YouTube PowerPoint presentation: Equality. Connection. Health. Help. Materialism. Neglect. True work. Ego. Free will. Patience. Beginning. Earth. Difficulty. Correction.
Now then, to follow Bill Gates’ enumeration, The Great Connector is that one: “We are one.” And so those 14 points merely enumerated by Bill Gates now have a major thought behind; and all should have been connected to that one in a YouTube PowerPoint presentation: Equality. Connection. Health. Help. Materialism. Neglect. True work. Ego. Free will. Patience. Beginning. Earth. Difficulty. Correction. Listing is easy – connecting your list to only one idea is genius! And in his Open Letter? Bill Gates does not show his genius!@517
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint
[2] https://artofquotation.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/bill-gates-the-corona-covid-19-virus-is-sent-to-remind-us-of-the-important-lessons-that-we-seem-to-have-forgotten-and-it-is-up-to-us-if-we-will-learn-them-or-not/?fbclid=IwAR0cHrDPnqhvs3XDGQufbqHQPFFTP68WHnjzaTpTO5jk6r9LiNL8nBmy08U
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