May 12, 2003
Saw Bill Gates interviewed on NOW with Bill Moyer. In this special, the Microsoft chairman [world's richest man] said he's going to give away 95% of his wealth [an estimated US$40 billion] in an effort to solve the issue of world health.
This is the best news I've heard in a long time. I almost don't regret spending all that money on Microsoft software over the years. Bill's father, Bill, Sr, is head of the trust fund that's been established, already valued at some US$28B.
Many kids die in third world countries from things such as diarrhea, due to contaminated water supplies, which can be solved by simply installing a well. Here in the US, diarrhea is little more than a nuisance.
This news is especially nice to hear after all the depressing Frontline specials I saw the last few weeks, such as the one chronicling how Wall Street crooks lied about their companies, took million$ and left widows with nothing. And also about how innocent people went to prison for many years. I couldn't even watch that one. Had to change the darn channel. A quote from Bill:
"I'll never be able to put myself in the situation of people growing up in the less developed countries. I thought: 'What's the greatest inequity left?' The more I learned about health and the unbelievable inequity…it shocked me every step of the way."
If anybody can solve the issue of world health, Bill can.
Saw Bill Gates interviewed on NOW with Bill Moyer. In this special, the Microsoft chairman [world's richest man] said he's going to give away 95% of his wealth [an estimated US$40 billion] in an effort to solve the issue of world health.
This is the best news I've heard in a long time. I almost don't regret spending all that money on Microsoft software over the years. Bill's father, Bill, Sr, is head of the trust fund that's been established, already valued at some US$28B.
Many kids die in third world countries from things such as diarrhea, due to contaminated water supplies, which can be solved by simply installing a well. Here in the US, diarrhea is little more than a nuisance.
This news is especially nice to hear after all the depressing Frontline specials I saw the last few weeks, such as the one chronicling how Wall Street crooks lied about their companies, took million$ and left widows with nothing. And also about how innocent people went to prison for many years. I couldn't even watch that one. Had to change the darn channel. A quote from Bill:
"I'll never be able to put myself in the situation of people growing up in the less developed countries. I thought: 'What's the greatest inequity left?' The more I learned about health and the unbelievable inequity…it shocked me every step of the way."
If anybody can solve the issue of world health, Bill can.
