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Re:Bill Gates: My Plan to Improve Our World, and How You Can... by chappi42 on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @11:58AM (#6718925)
> Trying to solve social issues with technology doesn't work that well. Changing social patterns is much harder.

Maybe it could e.g. when offering a 'globally funded retirement provision' to people who agree to only have one child. Or maybe if you only offer Malaria/Polio 'technology' to people who agree to this and that condition.

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Re:Bill Gates: My Plan to Improve Our World, and How You Can... by tptacek on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @12:13PM (#6719079)
If your concern is simple overpopulation, work to end the oppression of women in the developing world and to find pathways out of rural poverty, both of which are key drivers for population growth.
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