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I don't agree with that. The value of bringing the personal computer to the masses is way higher than saving the lives of the bottom 1 billion.

• pestaa 13y ago
  1 billion people would certainly disagree.
  • antitrust 13y ago
    I think what he's saying is that all seven billion of us benefited from the PC revolution, where the bottom one billion may benefit (or may not) from Gates' efforts. It's an interesting ethical question. As with most questions, I don't know the answer to it.
    • peterjancelis 13y ago
      Exactly. Also indirect effects, like how much more productive are cancer researchers thanks to computers. Very hard to underestimate the importance of computers.