[grandalf]

I don't dispute that his work has helped many, many people. I also acknowledge that simply putting money toward some of those dire problems now will ease a great deal of suffering, which is wonderful.

But philanthropy is an old fashioned way to solve problems. I guess I have this hope that someone like Gates would see a solution that took a very unexpected path.

[ohashi]

He is investing in people/companies to solve those big issues, like a YCombinator for development with pockets 100x the size.