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by orillian 4603 days ago
We need to invest in changing how we use and generate energy, so that we can bring it to everyone. Things like Malaria and Zuc's plan to internet the masses will take care of themselves once people have the energy required to lift themselves out of the mud. Please tell me if I'm wrong, but with all the money that gets spent on treating Malaria, why is it I don't see any of that going to empowering the people that need malaria treatments to treat their own malaria? Give them the means to provide themselves with the treatments they need, don't just build up a new dependency on drugs you provide.

@wmeredith Providing a man with all the intelligence in the world is a noble thought but if he does not have the power to use that intellect, it is again lost. That knowledge is useless without having the tools. "Teach a man to fish, but without a net he sits on the shore wrapped in sorrow watching the fish he knows he could catch swim past."