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His most famous prediction was one he helped make true. Microsoft's original mission statement was "A computer on every desk and in every home"
The ending seems to have been missed off most quotes, it appears to have been "A computer on every desk and in every home running Microsoft software".
> [...] we are also going to be focusing more on improving the quality of life. I think this will be the thrust of many big breakthroughs of the future. For example, software will be able to notice when you’re feeling down, connect you with your friends, give you personalized tips for sleeping and eating better, and help you use your time more efficiently. Seems like a retrofitted use case that is more of an answer t…
Has Bill ever been good at predictions? No mention of smartphones or social media in The Road Ahead. Blindsided by how quickly the Internet developed, underestimated "bazaar" economies that enabled millions of people building both software and content. All the smart home stuff he was in love with has gone hardly anywhere. I think he's very smart and great at setting huge goals then hitting them, but I'm not sure he's…
> Unfortunately, America is no longer the global leader on nuclear energy that it was 50 years ago. To regain this position, it will need to commit new funding, update regulations, and show investors that it’s serious. > We had hoped to build a pilot project in China, but recent policy changes here in the U.S. have made that unlikely. Maybe running pilot projects in U.S. instead of China can solve the first issue he…
> Unfortunately, America is no longer the global leader on nuclear energy that it was 50 years ago. To regain this position, it will need to commit new funding, update regulations, and show investors that it’s serious. > We had hoped to build a pilot project in China, but recent policy changes here in the U.S. have made that unlikely. Maybe running pilot projects in U.S. instead of China can solve the first issue he…
"We still need a lot of innovation to solve problems like malaria or obesity ..." There's really no innovation needed for the latter. Just educate people and when that fails implement better controls, i.e. sugar taxes on sodas and food. Fundamentally the goal should be get rid of refined sugars in foods, especially high fructose corn syrup.
IMHO, what he thought at 25 is more useful than what he thinks now.
On first visit, it pops up a modal subscribe email dialog.
On a second visit, a distracting large survey thing slid in from the bottom.
Why would Bill Gates need spammy patterns that detract from reading the text on his personal blog?
> The only problem where I don’t yet see a clear path forward yet is how to develop more efficient ways to recruit patients for clinical trials. Without a simple and reliable diagnostic for Alzheimer’s, it’s hard to find eligible people early enough in the disease’s progression who can participate in trials. There’s an interesting use case for Facebook’s Machine Learning algorithms
Oh please NO. Let's try to not insert facebook also in our supersensitive medical data, considering how shady they are even with non-sensitive data it's clear it won't end well at all.
I'm almost 30 and those are my priorities, maybe that's why I am not as "successful" as Bill Gates?
If this is Bill Gates blog, I do wonder the following: On first visit, it pops up a modal subscribe email dialog. On a second visit, a distracting large survey thing slid in from the bottom. Why would Bill Gates need spammy patterns that detract from reading the text on his personal blog?