Bill Gates ‘tricked’ US into desk jobs? ‘It wasn’t the vision’ says Perplexity CEO

Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas revealed on the Joe Rogan Experience that Microsoft intentionally engineered the modern 9-to-5 office worker as a business strategy. He argued that Bill Gates’ vision was to place a PC on every desk, making people dependent on Microsoft software for employment. This approach, focused on selling software rather than design, trained generations to use programs like Word and Excel, ensuring a continuous profit cycle.