On: Switzerland’s Proposal to Pay People

[lxm]

Take a look at Bill Gates and his fight against malaria. What they've done has had just enormous impact http://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do/Global-Health/Mala...

He could've gone two ways:

1) Spend time convincing the society to approve a mandated program by having everyone else pitch in.

2) Make money in private sector, and direct it to the causes that are relevant to him, free to run his foundation as he chooses.

Which way was more efficient?

[cylinder → lxm]

Don't prove your point with outliers. He's literally the richest man in the world.

[lxm → cylinder]

Precisely. Earned his money in the private sector and impacting public sector in huge way.

Imagine how much progress he could've made if he started pushing this idea as a mid-level bureaucrat.