A number of Gates foundation efforts are toward decreasing the misery of those children. I've also been impressed by the large number of micro-grants given to

A number of Gates foundation efforts are toward decreasing the misery of those children. I've also been impressed by the large number of micro-grants given to researchers for far out ideas. That kind of charity takes a page out of the positive Black Swan theory -- if you play a lot of small bets in a field where some random finding has a huge impact, you're maximizing your upside. Your comment makes it sound like the Gates foundation is just setting up food kitchens.