Hot takes - Bill Gates on Raj Shamani

Oliver and Victoria unpack Gates’ sprawling conversation with Raj, challenging everything from billionaire legacy-building to the power—and peril—of foundation-driven global change.From cognitive decline to polio eradication, personal regrets to planetary ambitions, Gates' worldview sparks fierce debate about the role of wealth, power, and privilege in shaping our future.🔥 In this episode:“Inheritance minimalism” or aristocratic power laundering?Gates’ “maniac mode” and the myth of meritocratic grindCan billionaires ethically dictate global health priorities?Foundations vs. democracy: what happens when capital outlasts elections?Is Gates shifting from talent extraction to local innovation in India?The haunting fear of mental decline in a cognitively driven identity