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  • Having watched his actual statement, is not that they want your data. That’s a red herring in the article.

    But that the average American is so out of touch with how food --presumably bad, shitty food and nutrition-- interacts with their body, that them, the individual, being able to know of how, for example, that 2nd Coke, and bag of chips is screwing up your insulin levels, and how it get affected in real time could be a positive drive for change in lifestyle. The fact is that the USA has an obesity pandemic and most people’s knowledge of nutritional science can be laughable at best. 60+% of Americans are overweight. And 33% are literally obese, including kids.

    You do not have to buy a wearable. They are not making or forcing to you wear a wearable and they are not going to ask you to show papers before you want to enter a restaurant proving that you use or own a wearable. He said that he would prefer it because how do you empower people who know next to nothing? Is it the only way? Nope. Of course not, but the system has been so captured by interest groups that many changes may not be politically feasible. They could be done in theory but not in practice right now. Europe had s superior take on nutrition than the USA, for example.

    Personally, I would never wear a wearable but I also spent a lot of time studying Nutritional Science and attempt to leave a healthy lifestyle. It is an extra load of work that cuts into other things and not many may want to do but it is one that it is worth doing for yourself and the family.

    Additionally, I have friends who are Doctors and the concept of wearables is not always well received. Privacy concerns aside, the worry is that it can turn a lot of people into hypochondriacs if they do not fully understand some basics of human anatomy and take raw data out of context. Not to mention a waste of resources if people want to run tests for absolutely everything they think might be wrong with it. It can also be a source for unnecessary stress in some people.














  • So if Bill Gates says it then it must be true and honest? Yeah, the Billionaire who uses Venture Philanthropy to hide his manipulating of the markets he just happens to also invest in, too?

    Whatever man. He also gives tons money to Media outlets so no one ever criticises him. Why would they bite the hand that feeds them? Conflict of interest much?

    Revealed: Documents Show Bill Gates Has Given $319 Million to Media Outlets](https://www.mintpressnews.com/documents-show-bill-gates-has-given-319-million-to-media-outlets/278943/)

    Awards Directly to Media Outlets:

    NPR- $24,663,066

    The Guardian (including TheGuardian.org)- $12,951,391

    Cascade Public Media – $10,895,016

    Public Radio International (PRI.org/TheWorld.org)- $7,719,113

    The Conversation- $6,664,271

    Univision- $5,924,043

    Der Spiegel (Germany)- $5,437,294

    Project Syndicate- $5,280,186

    Education Week – $4,898,240

    WETA- $4,529,400

    NBCUniversal Media- $4,373,500

    Nation Media Group (Kenya) – $4,073,194

    Le Monde (France)- $4,014,512

    Bhekisisa (South Africa) – $3,990,182

    El País – $3,968,184

    BBC- $3,668,657

    CNN- $3,600,000

    KCET- $3,520,703

    Population Communications International (population.org) – $3,500,000

    The Daily Telegraph – $3,446,801

    Chalkbeat – $2,672,491

    The Education Post- $2,639,193

    Rockhopper Productions (U.K.) – $2,480,392

    Corporation for Public Broadcasting – $2,430,949

    UpWorthy – $2,339,023

    Financial Times – $2,309,845

    The 74 Media- $2,275,344

    Texas Tribune- $2,317,163

    Punch (Nigeria) – $2,175,675

    News Deeply – $1,612,122

    The Atlantic- $1,403,453

    Minnesota Public Radio- $1,290,898

    YR Media- $1,125,000

    The New Humanitarian- $1,046,457

    Sheger FM (Ethiopia) – $1,004,600

    Al-Jazeera- $1,000,000

    ProPublica- $1,000,000

    Crosscut Public Media – $810,000

    Grist Magazine- $750,000

    Kurzgesagt – $570,000

    Educational Broadcasting Corp – $506,504

    Classical 98.1 – $500,000

    PBS – $499,997

    Gannett – $499,651

    Mail and Guardian (South Africa)- $492,974

    Inside Higher Ed.- $439,910

    BusinessDay (Nigeria) – $416,900

    Medium.com – $412,000

    Nutopia- $350,000

    Independent Television Broadcasting Inc. – $300,000

    Independent Television Service, Inc. – $300,000

    Caixin Media (China) – $250,000

    Pacific News Service – $225,000

    National Journal – $220,638

    Chronicle of Higher Education – $149,994

    Belle and Wissell, Co. $100,000

    Media Trust – $100,000

    New York Public Radio – $77,290

    KUOW – Puget Sound Public Radio – $5,310

    Together, these donations total $166,216,526.