Davos: Making the World a Better Place

Transparency.
Collaboration.
Accountability.
Decentralization.
Measureable results.
Quick feedback loops.
Third party reporting.
Not top down, but bottom up.

Not donations and charity but equal partnerships and grassroots collaboration.

Don't fight poverty, increase economic opportunity.

Don't fight global warming, increase environmental sustainability.

Don't fight aids, hunger and obesity, increase healthy behavior.

If you're a well-off philanthropist, powerful captain of industry, or high level government official working to "make the world a better place" you must read the following two books: Despite Good Intentions & The Lords of Poverty

Actually, even if you're not one of the elite and simply want to make the world a better place, you should read both those books too.

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[Gilgamesh2707]

Could someone explain the line from the video description that reads:

"Don't fight aids, hunger and obesity increase healthy behavior."

Was this a typo, a nonsensical statement, or do I just not get it. Any responders please explain yourself, rather than just saying "You're a retard" or something. :)

[neddotcom]

No worries. It means you cannot "end poverty" instead you have to "increase economic opportunity". Fighting the negative side of a problem is not near as effective/useful as working on the positive solution side of the same problem/issue. Focus on increasing in healthy actions and behaviors, not the stopping the negative.

[Gilgamesh2707]

Ahhhh, I see. However, usually a misplaced comma doesn't change the meaning of a sentence, but in this case, it DOES. "Don't fight aids, hunger and obesity increase healthy behavior."

As it's written, everything after the comma can be taken as an independent statement that hunger and obesity increase healthy beahviour, which is dumb. To make the sentence mean what you wrote in your reply, the comma needs to be in between "obesity" and "increase".

:)

[neddotcom]

Gads. Got it. Changed. And thank you.

[fuelsaving]

Love the video

[neddotcom]

Thank you.

[ifindtrends]

Maybe if we did not spend 3 trillion dollars on war and killing people we could actually feed and house them.

[kelsey0129]

sorry but that didnt make the world much better

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[quidnick]

@ifindtrends really now? i bet no one has thought of that. unfortunately, congress isn't very compassionate of african folk. i think we should send obama over there to meet his 'ancestors' on a 'diplomatic mission'. Some reasoning might give way from lies and bullshit that has stopped the west from caring.

[centercounter]

So... if you assume 25,000 people will starve today, you have to make the connection that this is a daily occurence. The math is ludicrous, at best, and catastrophic if followed to its logical end.

[centercounter]

God bless you. There is a saying that I'm sure you are familiar with about teaching people to fish, rather than just giving them fish. When you just stop the negative, you create a vacuum that can be filled with other negative behavior. By working with the locals to create an infrastructure, you are creating a local "pond" where all can learn to fish (work, teach, parent, etc.).

I encourage action and prayer for God's will, however you understand God in your own faith.

[mtv795]

imtresting

[sala19843714]

ok...