Bill Gates: The world is better than ever - New Technology

“The notion that we can not do anything about extreme poverty and disease is not just incorrect. This is dangerous.” This was written by Bill Gates in his annual public letter.

Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates leading charitable organization the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the focus in this year’s “Gates Annual Letter” on three myths that prevent progress for the world’s poor.

He begins by noting that the world according to almost any standard is a better place to live than ever, but surprisingly, many people believe it is the opposite. And he believes that there is a direct damaging perception that allows the work to improve the world more difficult.

Bill Gates has addressed three myths he discusses detail to show that they are just myths

– Poor countries are doomed to remain poor.

– Assistance is a big waste.

– To save lives leads to overpopulation.

With a series of examples, he shows that many of the countries that were poor in his youth today made their way up to a level where they can handle themselves and that it is no longer relevant to speak of developed and developing countries, but rather on the low, medium and high income countries, in a continuous scale. He dares also to predict that 2035 will barely be no poor countries, by today’s standards.

Regarding assistance gives Bill Gates a series of examples that really lead to improved conditions for people, and that option – to cut back on aid – does not provide any significant savings, while it worsens the situation. He is also aware of arguments about like corruption to stop the aid, and notes that most examples of ineffective assistance comes from the Cold War when it was more about gaining allied states than to help.

The third myth, that of overpopulation, punctures Bill Gates with statistics clearly show that reducing child mortality very quickly leads to lower birth rates and a reduced population growth. Moreover, it is a question concerning the ability of women to plan their family and their lives.

With a fortune of nearly $ 76 billion, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates the world’s richest man. Tomorrow, Friday, you can hear more of his views on the world and how he uses his fortune, as he visits the television program Skavlan.