Respondents are Chris Morrissey (philosophy) and @arnoldsikkema.bsky.social (physics), both of @trinitywestern.bsky.social . Everyone is welcome! (DeVries Auditorium, Langley, BC)

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Here is the full memo: www.gatesnotes.com/three-tough-... and the Axios article where I comment: www.axios.com/2025/10/30/b...

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precisely. There are so many pieces of low-hanging fruit that improve people's wellbeing today AND help with climate tomorrow, we are nowhere near maxing out on those and having to choose between them. NOWHERE NEAR!

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He clearly had a lot of people to help him with the content that talked about solutions. That part was well researched and exhaustive. But the framing part is something that – as you know all too well! - too many engineers and scientists simply ignore. Yet it’s arguably the most important part.

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If you take the time to read the whole Gates memo (which I did), the bulk of the content was mostly solid and encouraging. Really! It was the FRAME that was off--very off, from the first line. And when your framing is off, then how you make decisions and set priorities is off. THAT'S the problem.

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