How to solve the world's biggest problems | Natalie Cargill

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🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Sometimes the world's biggest issues can seem so intractable that meaningful change feels impossible. But what if the answer has been right in front of us all along? What if the answer is actually throwing money at the problems? In this thought-provoking talk, philanthropic advisor Natalie Cargill shares what might happen if we came together to spend 3.5 trillion dollars on fixing the world. And, yes, she also has a plan for where to get the money from. (Followed by a Q&A with Anna Verghese, executive director of The Audacious Project.)

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:11.0	I'm Elise Hugh, it's Ted Talks Daily.
0:13.3	Philanthropy can be transformative.
0:16.2	That is the message from Natalie Cargill.
0:18.7	In her Ted 2023 talk, the philanthropic mastermind challenges us to think of what could be
0:23.7	done for the world's problems if the top 1% gave more and committed more to help.
0:29.9	And stick around after the talk for a brief Q&A between Natalie and Anna Vergacy, the
0:34.8	Executive Director of Ted's Audacious Project, after a break.
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0:46.5	Stay tuned after this talk to hear a sneak peek of this week's episode.
0:51.8	I'd like to start with a true anecdote, which is that my friends have genuinely asked me
0:56.6	to stop sharing facts about wheat to our group chat.
1:00.9	I know.
1:01.9	What's wrong with them?
1:02.9	They must be mad.
1:03.9	But to be fair to them, they have been hearing a lot lately about wheat, wheat-related
1:09.9	innovation, how it was funded by philanthropists, and how it might have saved a billion lives.
1:16.0	So I'd love to share this story with you now, as I'm here to talk about the huge and
1:21.0	I think still largely hidden potential of philanthropy to completely transform our world.
1:27.0	After World War II, the global population shot up, and it really wasn't clear how we
1:31.6	were going to grow enough food to feed everybody.
1:34.4	In lots of places, the soil was completely depleted of nutrients.
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