Over 3 billion live on less than $2.50 a day. Half of humanity is struggling to improve their situation or die trying. Do we simply turn to Bill and Warren for answers? US AID? The more than 10,000 international development groups registered at WiserEarth.org? Many common problems have been and continue to be solved at the grassroots level. How can those solutions be leveraged by the rest of humanity? What can possibly scale to reach 3B people? You know the answer. Technology is not our challenge, and even deployment is well on the way. Instead, the challenge is establishing a culture of expansive collaboration among those doing good work. A discussion on how to drive this culture.
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