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Larry didn't actually utter that, BTW. Check the transcript:

http://insideevs.com/google-ceo-larry-page-billions-go-tesla...




I agree that a paraphrase =/= a quote.

Are you saying my paraphrase significantly misrepresented him? If so, how?

(I'm not trying to be argumentative, I just genuinely don't understand your point.)


He didn't mention Gates or charity at all.

It's like if you said, "I like ice cream" and I reported it as, "This person thinks buying ice cream is more noble than giving a starving family a bag of rice."


OK I understand now. I read this sentence in the article:

...suggesting that when he passes away, he’d like for his billions to go to Tesla’s Musk.

Although leaving your billions to X implies not leaving it to Y -- e.g. Gates -- that's not necessarily true.

And more basically, this is the article writer's sentence -- not a quote from Larry Page.

I was wrong. Thank you for helping me understand why.




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