Moreover, a paradox has emerged in our networked world where knowledge is ubiquitous and change is rapid, but the absence of a common vision and agenda ensures that the status quo will be maintained with respect to major global challenges.
If one of these turned out to be just 2 percent better than the other at preventing heart attacks and deaths, this knowledge would save vast numbers of lives around the world, because heart attacks are so common, and because statins are so widely used.