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>I'm not shivering in a cave drinking water, sitting in the dark, and wondering if I'll get lucky and catch a squirrel to eat tomorrow. That is, if I can walk on my broken ankle.

Sadly, there are millions of people who live in conditions not to dissimilar from this. Technology might not always help.

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"The future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed." William Gibson

Anti conception and medicine helps a lot with making sure that population in extreme poverty is not growing in exponential way.

It gives us chance to take care of our kids. As opposed to having 6-10 kids per couple hoping that two will survive.

Populations with high birthrates are in many cases spurred by the need for laborers on the family’s subsistence farm. Giving anti-conception and medicine isn't enough, they need to be offered opportunities beyond subsistence farming.

Yes, absolutely, a lot of things have to go right for people to lift themselves out of poverty.

We all need education, stable political climate etc.

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