Look Who it Was Random video

Bill Gates on Q&A 1

3,379 views · Published 30 May 2013 · 29:57 · Indexed 18 October 2026

Channel: RighteousLiving40 · 2013 · People & Blogs

Watch on YouTube

TOUGH PHILANTHROPY
Betty Zeng asked: You mentioned that your friend Warren Buffet once gave you some great advice about philanthropy "Don't just go for safe projects," he said. "Take on the really tough problems." What would be the toughest project you have experienced or the most memorable?
POLIO SURVIVORS
Gillian Thomas asked: Polio survivors need special services because of post-polio syndrome and polio's late effects. Countries rarely provide these services and survivors are ignored. In Australia, most of the 400,000 survivors are excluded from our new National Disability Insurance Scheme and Polio Australia is without government funding. No-one will celebrate polio's eradication more than polio survivors. However, even after eradication there will still be millions of survivors worldwide requiring post-polio services for up to 80 years. What strategies will get governments to shoulder their responsibility and fund essential post-polio services?
PNG MALARIA
Iraingo Moses asked: For the last 20 years we have been hearing that we will have a malaria vaccine within 5 years. Given that malaria has been driven from countries with good health services without the need for a vaccine, how much hope and effort should be placed on the development of a vaccine or new drugs rather than strengthening health services? 
AUSTRALIAN AID PAUSE
Charlotte Regan asked: How justifiable do you think it was for the Federal Government to blame a lack of predicted revenue for delaying their anticipated increase in foreign aid?
AUSTRALIAN PHILANTHROPY
Dave Kennedy asked: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given $AU18,000,000 to the Kirby Institute UNSW to conduct HIV/AIDS research. Chuck Feeney gave $AU10,000,000 to help build new facilities for the Kirby Institute UNSW. How is it that two Americans are the leading philanthropists here combating HIV/AIDS and do you have any suggestions for wealthy Australians in how they might help fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in our lifetime?
THE "CULT OF GREED"
Grace Delfendahl asked: Recent quotes from Pope Francis have shown that he believes 'that the cult of money was making life a misery for millions' and also that 'capitalism had created a tyranny'. As someone who has benefited greatly from Capitalism, but has used it in so many fantastic ways, what would your response be to this?
TAX DODGERS
Matthew Thomas asked: After the recent global crackdown on tax minimisation schemes used by Microsoft, Apple and several other firms will you change your current finance strategies and bring capital out of tax havens and back into the countries so that you can honestly pay your tax?
INTROVERTS
Anthony Liang asked: Hi Bill, you named Susan Cain's "The Power of Introverts" as one of your favourite Ted Talks. My question for you is: how have you managed to succeed in a predominantly extroverted world and how can the education system with its increasingly extroverted ideals harness the positive features of the introvert personality?
TEENAGE GEEK -- SELF-CONFIDENCE
Elleena Yang asked: Mr Gates, you used to lack self-confidence and was socially awkward in your teenage years. How did you eventually find a solid self-identity and confidence within yourself? Did achieving financial security, success and fame boost your self-confidence? What drives and motivates you to get up every morning, and more generally, how can the average person figure out their driving force and their inspiration and passion?
AFFORDABLE MEDICINE AND PATENTS
Reeta Dhar asked: Mr Gates, affordability of medicine is one of the key issues facing many of the poorest people in societies across both, the developing and the developed worlds. One of the catalysts is the long term patents issued to pharmaceutical companies, that at the end of the day, operate for profit. As an astute businessman, an innovator and a philanthropist, do you believe that such mechanisms are critical to drive innovation in the field of medicine or are these simply market distorting mechanisms that help create monopolies. If patents are indeed necessary or indispensable, what needs to change in the system to make medicine accessible to those who need it the most?

More from this channel