Buffett and Gates: America Is Already Great, Thanks to Immigrants
Bill Gates, the worlds richest man, and Warren Buffett, the third richest, arenot entirely coincidentallytwo of the most unremittingly optimistic men on the planet. So when I met the two of them in New York recently to talk about the state of humankind, and about the future of American democracy, I had a clear understanding of my mission, which was to pressure-test their sanguinity at every turn.
I tried, and failed, though not completely. Both men appear to doubt some of President Trumps innovations in rhetoric and policy. Both men have warm feelings about immigrants, and also about facts, and so are predisposed to react skeptically to recent developments in the capital. When I asked whether they believed America needed to be made great again, Buffett nearly jumped out of his chair: We are great! We are great! And when I asked about the Trump Administrations problematic relationship with empiricism, Gates said, I predict a comeback for the truth. He went on to say, To the degree that certain solutions are created not based on facts, I believe these wont be as successful as those that are based on facts. Democracy is a self-correcting thing.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/buffett-gates/517833/