What you posted ^ doesn’t sound okay to me, no. I still think he’s done some good work, while Musk is just a strongman supporting playboy/ dude-bro getting rich off his toys, creating space junk (Starliks are falling to Earth so they’ll be more earth-junk), hating on marginalized people, and super-populating the human race with his genes while he’s at it.Gates is one of the biggest funders, thinkers, and cheerleaders on the topic of Digital ID.
The Gates Foundation, has been pushing this hard for years framing it as a powerful tool to fight poverty, boost inclusion, improve health/agriculture services, cut corruption in aid delivery, and help low and middle income countries "leapfrog" outdated systems.
In a January 2026 Gates Notes article ("Why DPI is key to global development"), Gates explicitly calls out digital ID systems as a core DPI component: systems that "securely prove who you are," linked to instant payments and data exchange platforms.
He praises India's Aadhaar as a standout example for enabling financial inclusion, reducing aid leakages, supporting farmers with real-time advice, and improving crisis response.
The Gates Foundation continues active support: funding MOSIP (an open-source digital ID platform inspired by Aadhaar, now used in multiple countries), grants to groups like ID4Africa (including recent 2026 commitments), and hundreds of millions committed to DPI overall. Their site openly lists digital identity as a priority for creating "reusable building blocks" for public benefit.
Bill Gates is your huckleberry if you agree with all that.
I don’t get the sense that Gates is a pathological narcissist or sociopath by nature - even though I disagree with any digital ID agenda. He may live such a life sheltered from ordinary people he doesn’t see anything wrong with digital ID, and may believe it’s truly beneficial. He may believe it’ll help, sincerely. I could be wrong. That’s the sense I get now though.
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