Be Nice To Nerds, They'll Probably Be

A Bad Strategy Will Fail No Matter How Good Your Information Is. And Lame Execution Will Stymie A Good Strategy. If You Do Enough Things Poorly, You'll Go Out Of Business.

To Succeed, You Also Have To Know How To Make Choices And How To Think More Broadly.

If Your Culture Doesn't Like Geeks, You Are In Real Trouble.

The Challenge Here Is To Design A System Where Market Incentives, Including Profits And Recognition, Drive Those Principles To Do More For The Poor. I Like To Call This Idea Creative Capitalism, An Approach Where Governments, Businesses, And Nonprofits Work Together To Stretch The Reach Of Market Forces So That More People Can Make A Profit, Or Gain Recognition, Doing Work That Eases The World's Inequities.

This Is Not About Trade, No One Is A Stronger Supporter Of Capitalism And Trade Than I Am. This Is About Sovereignty And Whether A Country Has The Right To Set Its Own Public Health Policies.