The same thinking that led to building Facebook or Microsoft or any other technology company won&#x27;t work for solving socioeconomic issues.<p>Bill Gates tried 5 or so years ago to solve the problem with education with his tax shelter non-profit:
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;answer-sheet&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;09&#x2F;how-much-bill-gatess-disappointing-small-schools-effort-really-cost&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;answer-sheet&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;...</a><p>Test scores showed that everything he did had no effect on the scores or grades of the student. Each school he built had Internet access the latest in technology, special trained teachers, smaller classes, personalized learning, etc.<p>If you ask me the technology can be distracting, I only say so because my son is failing chemistry because he doesn&#x27;t study enough because he is distracted by Youtube videos and video games.<p>When I was his age I was using a calculator and my father said it was a crutch that I wouldn&#x27;t be able to do math in my head, and he was correct on that. I could only do math on paper because that was the way they taught us. I have to use a calculator to do math, and the technology distracted me from learning how to do math in my head.