The technology is "amazing," he said Bill Gates to Financial Times in a recent interview, but he will not save the world.
Speaking to The Times' Richard Waters about what's going to make the planet a better place, the Microsoft co-founder said that while advances in technology may have benefits, cannot meet the needs of the world's desperate.
"I like IT," he said Bill Gates. "But when we want to improve our lives, we have to deal with more basic things, such as the survival and nutrition of children."
"Computers are not, in the first five steps in the hierarchy of human needs"
Gates' comments come a few months after he co-founded him Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg and one team from major technology companies – showing humanitarian interest, pledged to make Internet access possible worldwide.
"The Internet is an important foundation for improving the world," Zuckerberg told Wired last August.
When Bill Gates was asked by the Financial Times whether the connection on the Internet is more important than giving a malaria vaccination, Gates replied: “As a priority? Its funny".
"If you think connectivity is the key thing, that's great. For me it is not. ”
Gates has been a leading player in malaria research for years. He is his chairman Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The 58-year-old philanthropist has allocated billionsmillions dollars so far, to improve health and fight poverty in developing countries.
Much of his Foundation's work has been centered on tackling infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV and poliomyelitis.
