An interview with Bill Gates

> Indeed, something very good came out of this work, and also out of similar work done by others at other places: the microscope.

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Also, remittances have been increasing and these help the situation in poorer countries enormously: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remittance and I'm pretty sure that the Internet is not entirely fault free in causing this increase.

And then there's this too: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2012/07/17/mo...

Giving people access to some form of communications, even if it is just SMS surely can't hurt and must be bound to be an investment that can pay back itself, Malaria or no Malaria. Bill Gates should be congratulated and commended for his work every day. But to read out of that that the two have no relation with each other is a bit short-sighted.

One of the hardest parts in eliminating poverty from the poorest nations on earth stems from the lack of economic infrastructure in those countries. We can keep giving them rice and supplies but until they have work opportunities that provide a way to purchase their own life essential resources; the fundamental issue causing the poverty in the first place will remain unsolved.

Internet is a good step towards providing that infrastructure.

Also, since when has Microsoft or Bill Gates ever been sold on the idea of the internet as a good thing?

The world population has doubled in the last 30 years. Doesn't that scare anyone else?

Sure, you could save a few million poorly educated people from dying. Then what? They're all going to need food, energy, education, housing, etc etc.

Saving people from dying is no good at all if they still have a shitty life and die from something else anyway.