- In case you don't recognize him :) - JJ San
- Kevin looks so giddy to be standing with Gates - SRShearer
- hmm wonder if bill will see my tobaccy - w00t Counsel
- He is thinking about all the Diggnation episodes he lamented about Windows and cheered up the crowd with Mac.
Mac Fanboy = 100% - michaeljung - Arrogant smirk that he thinks himself bigger then Gates, who in turns think himself bigger then Jesus. Transitive properties means Rose thinks he's > Jesus - Monochor
- Bionic arm that's perpetually posed in groping motion ;) - Monochor
- What's going on there? - Monochor
- looks delicious - Monochor
- Kevin, why? Remember what you said at diggnation so many times? - joaocalistro
- Is this the smallest shirt you could find? - db67fm
- A quick round of Pocket Pool. Guess Bill is that exciting. - Unregistered Coward
- Remind me to send Steve some Omaha Steaks for Christmas. - JohnWesterlund
- iPhone. - /Joe
- whens lunch? - tapion786
- Awkward dead space. - JerseyBricklayer
- Hi kevin!! - Kleash
- Phantom of the opera - Pedro Emauz Madruga
- How much do you figure he's got in his wallet right now? - shawn peps
- Jimmy Hoffa - jeremygaddis
- We came with peace! - mgoryunov
- I wonder if I can patent all drugs since I am a f*#$ing patent troll - jmcminn
- yum - Dr. Genius
Digging It
With Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, and Nathan Myhrvold (former CTO of Microsoft). The founders of Google and Twitter were to my right for this TED Braintrust lunch.
An usual confluence of invitations had me dining with Gates for lunch and dinner on the same day (coincidentally, philosopher-king Daniel Dennett was also at both meals).
After we sat down, Gates lamented the setback from the Muslim clerics who preached that polio vaccines made the girls infertile: "The anti-vaccine movement has killed many people. It's frustrating. But we are working with the clerics. It is very hierarchical, so we can start at the top. In the next three years, we will either conquer polio, or we won't. It's a very important time."
Comments and faves
roddh, kirainet, seoul_scurry, ncomment, and 109 other people added this photo to their favorites.
!MimosaMicheMichelle! (40 months ago | reply)
It makes making money all worth while!
Your dining hours must be interesting, I am sure.
brian glanz (40 months ago | reply)
Gates only mentioned meeting with religious leaders in Nigeria during his recent comments to Rotarians, but otherwise left religion out of his assessment of major challenges in defeating polio. For all the obstacles they speak of publicly, I wonder what lurking others are more difficult to even plainly reveal.
Presumably, progress would freeze with said clerics if Gates et al. were open about their religion being an obstacle; they're not the type to be shamed into positive action -- yet. I wrote recently about managing expectations in the context of Gates and polio. Being less than open endangers expectations management, thus endangering the possibility for progress.
benjiman (40 months ago | reply)
Myhrvold gave one of his famous dino/foodie talks at DWA a few years ago. I think it included footage of whale sex. The guy is a total ham.
i wanted to invite him to beers just to keep him going.
Vanita (40 months ago | reply)
What schmo ordered the poster board size name badges? I mean really... is that Bill Gates or is it car wash day at St.Cecilia's School for Girls?
jurvetson (40 months ago | reply)
Oh, the guards would not let him through without the picture badge.
Brian: Last year, I came across interviews of Gates' atheism while discovering that the largest charitable donations were made my atheists (Gates, Bufffet, etc.).
HaDAk (40 months ago | reply)
Fucking epic.
adambronte (40 months ago | reply)
lol @ the smile on kevins face.
eminemdrdre00 (40 months ago | reply)
Shopped.
lol j/k
Tim Patterson (40 months ago | reply)
Kevin and Bill are almost wearing the same shirt :)
mermedia (40 months ago | reply)
Awesome pic.
dctechieguy (40 months ago | reply)
Great pic! very cool!
seannalexander [deleted] (40 months ago | reply)
Thank you for wearing jeans.
Jeans = Good
supersaiyoung (40 months ago | reply)
Great photo. Like the commentary too.
Reallusion 3D (40 months ago | reply)
Gates wants to conquer polio. Rose wants to conquer Anniston.
Shardayyy Photography (40 months ago | reply)
Dude you rock!!!!
Jonathan Ruff (40 months ago | reply)
So Gates / Myhrvold and Page / Brin were in the same space together? Now that would be a good picture!
Monochor (40 months ago | reply)
iconic photograph is not for the fact that Rose has bashed Windows now and then on pownce.
gussicle2001 (40 months ago | reply)
Notice Bill's name tag is bigger than Kev's? Or is it just an optical illusion of the powerhouse that Bill is?
southkaramat2002 (40 months ago | reply)
Just in case you don't know who Bill Gates is - haha - love it
Zombiebrainz (40 months ago | reply)
Where is your macbook pro? Did you buy your shirt at the same place as gates? Raises the whole "Shirt in" vs "Shirt out" debate ;-)
In all seriousness -- good shot. Nice to see folks trying to make the world better.
brian glanz (40 months ago | reply)
Thank you Steve, that Atlantic is still in an actual stack on my home desk :: of urgent bits I haven't explained. It did turn out to be less urgent than I'd feared. A partial answer was contemporary machine support that religion is a product of evolution.
Religion and disease. Perhaps my approach is akin to vaccination.
That Atlantic suggests clearly, though that religiosity out classes disease:
"Human beings have never lacked for things to fight over, but for the last two millennia, they have fought the most over ideas involving the divine. Politics, technology, military capacity, and diseases have all played decisive roles in shaping history, yet it is impossible to understand the rise and fall of empires, the clash of civilizations, and the evolving balance of power without appreciating the unique fervor that religion inspires, and the speed with which new religions can spread. "
ayala.ernesto (40 months ago | reply)
D: !
Pulo Comics (40 months ago | reply)
hum
cipherMage (40 months ago | reply)
^^ spAM + crapware ^^
David Polanco (40 months ago | reply)
Congrats Kev.
dombi (40 months ago | reply)
That is a really cool picture!
Thanks for sharing it with us.
bhartzer (40 months ago | reply)
Some of the best pictures come at times when you don't expect it. Did you ask any of them questions?
jurvetson (40 months ago | reply)
We had a roundtable discussion around a round table. It was also one of those classic situations, where the question I really wanted to ask him about religion came to me afterward...
Noticing the page views here... I guess I should have expected the Digg dug. My favorite of the the hundreds of comments over there:
emrahgunduz77 (40 months ago | reply)
no mosquitos ?..
Tanner Powell (40 months ago | reply)
This one made me laugh, too:
GET IN THA APPLE CHOPPAH!!!!!!
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criznell (40 months ago | reply)
who is the guy on the right?
Martin Carela (40 months ago | reply)
@ criznell
Kevin Rose, founder of digg.com and co-host of Diggnation
splmash (40 months ago | reply)
Kevin looks scared.
marcoabuso (40 months ago | reply)
great picture
venerdsupan (40 months ago | reply)
what a famous shot ! nice capture !
jurvetson (40 months ago | reply)
thanks y'all. Here are some more Gates dinner quotes I found interesting:
!MimosaMicheMichelle! (40 months ago | reply)
I am not sure we are talking about Chinese still in China or now in the North America. Still, I think this:
I will venture to suggest that the Chinese are better innovators because this is their way of expressing themselves after living within a restricted and structured milieu. Those who are innovators at heart but were not free to do all they wanted in their country, once given freedom to innovate, will tend to do so with great élan. Loosen the noose and the artist creates in full rapture. Let the butterfly come out of its cocoon and he flutters in a graceful furry.
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gawd (22 months ago | reply)
Sweet sweet shot!
markmaierody (22 months ago | reply)
Great shot!
hockmasm (21 months ago | reply)
great photo. good use of action and placement of subjects.
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consultjohan (17 months ago | reply)
Why the humongous dog tags?
jurvetson (17 months ago | reply)
TED Conference badges
Paul MST (13 months ago | reply)
LOve the shot
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Karamba 2k11 (12 months ago | reply)
Bill for president :) /Erik
Rafał P. (9 months ago | reply)
Beautiful PICTURE!!!
Martyn William (9 months ago | reply)
Ha ha ha ha !
Monkey_Harris (8 months ago | reply)
Great shot.
█ fo112 █ (8 months ago | reply)
Nice!
consultjohan (6 months ago | reply)
Steve, I'm puzzled. How did you get 337,986 views on this photo?
jurvetson (6 months ago | reply)
It's thanks to you!
It was stuck at 337,985 before.
But seriously, the Digg community loves photos of the Digg founder. The more generic answer for all of my 100K+ view photos is the reposting outside of flickr with link backs.
54StorminWillyGJ54 (4 months ago | reply)
A great pic! :D