Gates Issues Call For "Creative Capitalism"

Tag : Computer Phone Call

I agree that if Gates was going to do something for illiterates,then reading is much more important than operating icons. However Ishould point out that neurological impress techniques do work. This has been done before, when symbols withtheir respective text tags have been used to teach reading.
Unfortunately, it doesn't stand alone and a carefully built supportmechanism should accompany any kind of impress technique.
For example, we know that the 'back' icon is an arrow pointingleft. But that only makes sense if you read left to right.
We in turn learn what an icon represents, rather that looking at anicon to derive it's meaning.
Our graphic representations of 'man' and 'woman' as displayed inrest rooms, is cultural and may not mean anything to some people.There are lots of these kinds of examples.
So although impress does work, it has to have a support base(literate human teachers) that computers, at this stage, cannotprovide.
Possibly when AI works a bit better, there may be hope.
Now trying to operate a computer with no literacy can only meanthat it is 'control' (click this to make this work or to stop it),or watch a video or listen to audio, and you don't need a computerto do that.
So Bill Gates seems to have these 'pipe dreams' and I don't thinkhe's bothered to think it through or even ask someone knowledgeablefor an opinion.
As for multi-mouse.... ahem. Sounds like a cheap game that getsboring very fast.
And quite a few mobile plans have charge by the second....
So what's so innovative in all of this?
Bill doesn't have proper vision, like let's say a sci-fi writerwould have. The whole thing is just ramblings by someone who haslost touch with the real world. Now I know that sounds Anti-Bill,but I'm seriously contending that he's lost it.
If, for example, Arthur C. Clarke had billions, I'm sure he wouldhave been a philanthropist and would have provided something moremeaty for the illiterates.
Sean Connery has provided literacy to many in his philanthropicwork. It wasn't as hard as many people think. It just took somededication, money and organization.
Maybe Bill should not innovate. I don't think he's able enough.What he has done in the past, was to employ creative people to docreative things, or to buy innovative companies.
I think he wrote 'Multiplan' spreadsheet, but this was afterVisicalc wasn't it?
What else did he do that was innovative?