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He has not always been pleasant. Don’t fall for the post-retirement PR spin
“Nowadays even pleasant” clearly implies he wasn’t always pleasant though.
It’s easy to act pleasant when you no longer have anything to gain from being awful
You say that, but look at the cadre of billionaires who no longer have anything to gain from being awful… but still are.
Old habits die hard?
He is the best billionaire. That may not be a high bar, but it’s something. If Elon Musk decided to retire and cure Malaria like Bill did (or maybe even just get back to space exploration or autonomous driving as he was doing before his Twitter craze, hopefully without fucking other people over?) I wouldn’t mind him as much