Bill Gates is such an idealist. Not a realist by any stretch.
He’s a complete maroon. Is he taking into account all the 3rd world countries? Or is he actually saying within 15 years people in say....Somalia will have better lives then someone say in ..... England? No matter how much technology we give people, or how much medicine we send them, it makes no difference. Because their culture stays the same.
That's not what he said. He said that life will improve more in 3rd world countries compared to where it is now, than it will in advanced countries like Britain. Since they are so much worse off, there's much more room for improvement. He didn't say they would be better off. He's probably right, with the exception of Muslim countries.
And that's not likely to change, since the average IQ in Somalia is 68.
http://www.photius.com/rankings/national_iq_scores_country_ranks.html