# Health, Family Size and Philanthropy - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2110980422855262577 - Source account: [@KLaRnAMe17Q](https://x.com/KLaRnAMe17Q) - Source language: German - Target language: English - Duration: 3:01 - Published: 2026-10-17 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/de/gesundheit-familiengr%C3%B6%C3%9Fe-und-philanthropie.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy) This kind of aid, especially when providing medical assistance, will lead to quite, um, um, severe overpopulation in Third World countries. [0:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=10) You pointed out that this will not be the case. [0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=12) Why not? [0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=17) Yes, that's true. I was reluctant to deal with these aid issues at first, because I thought other problems would then be exacerbated. [0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=28) Such as education. [0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=31) Then I found that when you improve health, parents have smaller families— just as happened here in the West. [0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=40) Because they know their children will actually grow up. [0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=44) Now we have smaller families. Large families mean that you do not know how many children die in childhood, so they have two let survive, so that the parents, when they are old, can also be supported. The experience was astonishing to me. [1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=61) This goes against common sense in itself, that when you vaccinate, you reduce the population size quite considerably. [1:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=71) And then I got started. That was 2001, when I had this experience. [1:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=75) And then, on a large scale, we promoted vaccines, especially in healthcare. [1:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=83) You just spoke about the partners, partner governments, but you achieved something that I find quite astonishing. [1:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=91) How should one put it, an, an international coalit—uh, coalition of billionaires, an alliance, if you will. [1:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=97) Did you also try to convince German billionaires to join this alliance? [1:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=103) Yes, I don't think so, that I convinced many people in Europe, uh, people. We have a group that is active in the United States. [1:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=118) Sixty-nine people who are wealthy, uh, are now talking together. They are philanthropists. [2:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=126) They also talk about how mistakes can be prevented. [2:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=131) It would be nice if social norms could be improved. [2:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=135) Rockefeller's generosity and Carnegie's influenced me. I then thought, this can be done. [2:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=143) I think you can really persuade a high percentage of wealthy people to voluntarily give back part of their wealth to society. [2:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=155) I can only say how well it worked for me. [2:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=157) And I think this will increase. But it is also interesting to see the different mindsets. [2:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=162) In America, people are very open about it. [2:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=164) People talk about it. In Germany, wealthy people naturally also donate a great, great deal, Um, one very last question: Um, do you have an iPod? [2:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/25w8SB3fZTRJ/en/health-family-size-and-philanthropy?t=177) No.