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It Takes a Non-Expert to Say ‘Why Not?’

An expert is someone whose purpose in life is to tell you why something won’t work. So goes the old adage, but the entrepreneur and philanthropist Naveen Jain isn’t buying it.
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An expert is someone whose purpose in life is to tell you why something won’t work. So goes the old adage, but the entrepreneur and philanthropist Naveen Jain isn’t buying it. Instead, Jain offers his approach to problem-solving:


“It takes a non-expert to say ‘Why Not?'”

For instance, why not get energy to the billions of people around the world who have no access to it?

In the XPrize Insights video below, Jain argues that if the best minds are put to the task, every problem can be solved.

Watch here:

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