Our modern lifestyle is not a political creation. Before 1700, everybody was poor as hell. Life was short … - Bill Gates

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The crocodile cannot turn its head. Like all science, it must always go forward with all-devouring jaws.

Bill Gates

Our modern lifestyle is not a political creation. Before 1700, everybody was poor as hell. Life was short and brutish. It wasn't because we didn't have good politicians; we had some really good politicians. But then we started inventing - electricity, steam engines, microprocessors, understanding genetics and medicine and things like that. Yes, stability and education are important - I'm not taking anything away from that - but innovation is the real driver of progress.

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