@javisrike: bill gates built microsoft by making computation cheaper faster and harder for government to restrain.

In a social media post, user @javisrike criticized Bill Gates for advocating taxes on AI, arguing that Gates built Microsoft by making computation cheaper and harder for government to restrain, but now as a billionaire he supports taxing the next wave of computation, calling it 'classic pull-the-ladder-up-behind-you politics.' Another user, @lemonthymeshortbread, echoed the sentiment, noting Gates did not advocate preserving jobs for typists, draftsmen, typesetters, and clerks during Microsoft's earlier digital revolution.

bill gates built microsoft by making computation cheaper faster and harder for government to restrain. now that he's a billionaire no longer dependent on the free market for his own success he's discovered the virtues of taxing the next wave of computation. 1995 gates would have called it a tax on innovation. classic pull-the-ladder-up-behind-you politics. @lemonthymeshortbread /u/lemonthymeshortbread?from=%2Fpost%2F2593%23post-2597 I carved wooden spoons and my favourite herb is lemon thyme. enter to follow /enter?next=%2Fpost%2F2593 replied to @javisrike /u/javisrike?from=%2Fpost%2F2593%23post-2597 Software • maker projects • music • DIY Mostly figuring things out as I go. enter to follow /enter?next=%2Fpost%2F2593 : These were exactly my thoughts reading about how he thinks we should “preserve” some jobs for people; I don’t remember him being an advocate of preserving the jobs of typists, draftsman, typesetters, and other clerks when his company was leading a prior digital revolution…