Mining asteroids on the moon; background reports on job applicants and internet metasearch. It’s quite a broad portfolio for one entrepreneur, and yet Naveen Jain still finds time for philanthropy and running the World Innovation Institute. Bdaily recently talked $10bn global problems and re-thinking our approach to education with Jain. In part one of our interview, Jain discusses his thoughts on education.
“Often, when people are trying to tackle large global problems, they’re coming from a philanthropic angle. They’re not using the latest technological innovations or the entrepreneurial principles which will serve them in solving the problem,” he says.
“If you look at education, many people think you need more schools; better lighting in schools; better training of teachers, and so on. The problem is that billions of people around the world that have no access to education.
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