A Day In The Life

[mcgillianaire]

I voted for the Lib Dems yesterday in the EU elections. I hope they do well. I'm also enjoying every ministerial resignation. Earlier in the same day I attended an event at the London School of Economics (see photo). It featured a conversation between the LSE Director (Sir Howard Davies) and Bill Gates Sr, the father of this guy. Unlike many other such events organised by the LSE I found it a disappointment but others seemed to find it inspirational. He did share a couple interesting anecdotes, one about how Warren Buffett and his son became friends (back in the early 90s) and another about when Junior dropped out of Harvard. On a personal level I was hoping to learn more about the forty years he spent as a successful lawyer. Since ending his legal practice Senior jets around the world as Co-Chair of the world's largest transparently operated private foundation. He's written a few books including co-authoring one on estate tax, an issue on which he is extremely passionate. He also shares strong views on philanthropy and reforming America's public sector education system. Apparently 50% of the Gates Foundation money is spent on global health projects, 25% on global development projects and the rest on public education in the USA. They also sponsor some project at the University of Cambridge and was the main reason he had made the trip across the Atlantic. I suppose the event was the type which may not have meant much at the time but somewhere along the way I'll look back and realise that it was not meant to inspire immediately but contained valuable insights into life in general. Or maybe not. Either way, the fact it was free and easily accessible to the general public, was a pleasant reminder of the joys of living in this city. So many things to experience and simply not enough time or ways to make use of it. By night I was drunk.

Comments

[drunkendeadcat.livejournal.com]

what a great end hehe

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

:)