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Bill and Melinda Gates divorce: an aspie perspective
For many of us “on the spectrum”, Bill Gates is our “cover boy” and an inspiration: “One of us”, who had managed to be successful in all fronts. His divorce came as a blow to all of us.
As I was reading the various “memes” and “fun” of others about the sad news, I found myself compelled to write my own explanation with the hope that it may be relevant to others “on the spectrum”, as well as to neurotypicals.
Like you, I know Bill Gates via the impact of his work towards the improvement of my everyday life. To that end I know much less of Melinda; though I am sure that millions around the world have benefited from her charitable efforts.
However, I always had a strange affinity for Bill. Possibly because he was as… uncomfortable in his presentations as I was. Possibly because he too was obsessed with computers at an early age (in my case I started with computing back in 1980 (aged 11) when Sinclair ZX80 was made available) and kept my passion ever since. This may explain why, back in 1996, when I was working as a “webmaster” for Greece’s leading Financial Daily, I opted to dump Netscape Enterprise Server and give a go to the untested “Microsoft Internet Information Server” becoming…