{"id":18657,"date":"2014-01-26T10:53:32","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T16:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=18657"},"modified":"2014-01-26T10:53:32","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T16:53:32","slug":"two-guys-named-bill-on-poverty-and-childhood-death-and-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/26\/two-guys-named-bill-on-poverty-and-childhood-death-and-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Guys Named Bill On Poverty and Childhood Death and Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Gates has this thing called Gates Letter addressing three myths:<\/p>\n<pre><code>&lt;ul&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<li>Poor Countries Are Doomed To Stay Poor<\/li>\n<pre><code>&lt;li&gt;Foreign Aid Is A Big Waste&lt;\/li&gt;\n\n&lt;li&gt;Saving Lives Leads To Overpopulation&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;\/ul&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>That these are myths is discussed in detail <a href=\"http:\/\/annualletter.gatesfoundation.org\/?cid=bg_yt_vbn2_012023\/#section=home\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a related project, Bill Nye has made this video dispelling an overlapping set of myths:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UL4zoo8xijc?list=PLxf-CDjxvNVoZKENhMCvztSafqPefRxmw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s Bill Gates&#8217; &#8220;Viral Video&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ye_W7ZsRYM?list=PLxf-CDjxvNVoZKENhMCvztSafqPefRxmw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Important cause.  Not sure if that video is going to go viral, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Gates has this thing called Gates Letter addressing three myths: &lt;ul&gt; Poor Countries Are Doomed To Stay Poor &lt;li&gt;Foreign Aid Is A Big Waste&lt;\/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Saving Lives Leads To Overpopulation&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;\/ul&gt; That these are myths is discussed in detail HERE. In a related project, Bill Nye has made this video dispelling an overlapping set of myths: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/26\/two-guys-named-bill-on-poverty-and-childhood-death-and-disease\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Two Guys Named Bill On Poverty and Childhood Death and Disease<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[702,3174,3175,5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-4QV","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}