Life-Changing Advice From "Nerds" Who Made It Big

The founder of Microsoft spoke to 2007 Harvard grads about the importance of using education to reduce poverty:

"I learned a lot here at Harvard about new ideas in economics and politics. I got great exposure to the advances being made in the sciences. But humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity. Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality health care, or broad economic opportunity, reducing inequity is the highest human achievement."