Video: Bill Gates, The TED Conference, And a Box Full Of Mosquitoes
Fri, Feb 6th, 2009
What does it look like when one of the world’s richest men unleases a box full of mosquitoes at a high-end technology conference? That’s what Microsoft (MSFT) founder Bill Gates did at the TED conference earlier this week, in a much-discussed stunt. And now you can see for yourself:Less exciting than it sounded, right? Here’s the thing: The mosquitoes bit is just the publicity-generating part of Gates’ talk, which is a thoughtful discussion of the problems the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is focused on, and the methods the non-profit is using to try to solve them. Modest title: "How I’m Trying To Change The World Now."
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