Why we can count on Bill Gates to save the earthBill Gates is an improbable humanitarian. He built a reputation as a nightmare boss at Microsoft, a totalitarian who screeched at employees he thought were stupid. He bludgeoned competitors with his illegal monopoly. And he's a nerd's nerd — someone who seems perennially uncomfortable around people and only at ease dealing with the intricacies of software code.
And that is precisely why he's now saving the world.
As you probably know, Gates is aggressively tackling third world diseases. He has targeted not only high-profile scourges like AIDS but also maladies like malaria, diarrhea, and parasitic infections. These latter illnesses are the really important ones to attack, because they kill millions a year and are entirely preventable. For decades, they flew under the radar of philanthropists in the West. So why did Gates become the first major humanitarian to take action?
The answer lies in the psychology of numeracy — how we understand numbers. Continue At Source
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