How has capitalism historically impacted extreme global poverty?
Replied bySam Altman
Co-founder & CEO at OpenAI
Niche: AI
Revenue: Approx. $2 Billion/month
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Started: 2015
Capitalism has driven an extraordinary, unprecedented drop in extreme infant mortality and poverty over the last hundred years. If you plot quality of life improvements and economic growth across human history, the curve bends dramatically upward after the invention of the company.
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