Bill Gates makes a very heartfelt speech to a graduating class at Harvard University. Although he does read the vast majority of the speech, he makes eye contact frequently and the tone of his voice expresses deep concern for the issue his presents.
The speech is marked throughout the beginning with humor as he shares personal stories about his life at Harvard and his mother's disappointment when he left before graduation. Then the speech takes a serious turn as he begins to speak about the inequalities in the world. As he moves through the speech, he challenges the graduates:
-On where to spend their money
-On how to do the most good for the most amount of people with the resources they have
-On how to turn caring into action
-On using the technology at their fingertips to solve the inequalities of today
Bil Gates speaks specifically about the unfortunate deaths of children around the world due to lack of vaccinations. He talks about this at length giving some dry information about steps that should be taken to understand a problem (like the vaccination one), to form solutions and then to measure the impact of the wrok done through the solutions.
In the end, Bill Gates challenges Harvard University and the graduates to find a vision and make it a part of their life. Though dry at times, I believe his speech was from his heart. I believe he wants great things to come to those who need; and he sees that it can come from thise who have and from the use of today's technology.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP5VIhbJwFs
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzlMxltEAwk&NR=1
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