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Reading books is one of my favorite ways to learn new things and better understand the world. I try to read every day, even when I’m busy and traveling. I’m excited to share with you what I'm reading, the people I meet, and what I'm learning. I hope that you'll join the conversation here and on my blog, gatesnotes.com. ...more

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Languages are weird. John McWhorter helped me understand why

In the fourth episode of my podcast, I asked linguist, professor, and author John McWhorter to help unconfuse me about the quirks of language.

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	"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman, Bill Gates (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Ralph Leighton (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 195,545 ratings — published 1985 — 167 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need 4.14 avg rating — 43,906 ratings — published 2021 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone by Satya Nadella, Greg Shaw, Jill Tracie Nichols 3.79 avg rating — 16,535 ratings — published 2017 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies by Reid Hoffman (Goodreads Author) (Author, Narrator), Chris Yeh (Author, Narrator), Bill Gates (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.97 avg rating — 6,036 ratings — published 2018 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy 3.79 avg rating — 4,761 ratings — published 1999 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Road Ahead by Bill Gates (Goodreads Author), Nathan Myhrvold, Peter Rinearson 3.74 avg rating — 4,177 ratings — published 1995 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age by Brad Smith (Narrator), Carol Ann Browne (Goodreads Author), Bill Gates (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 1,716 ratings — published 2019 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Prevent the Next Pandemic 3.76 avg rating — 1,687 ratings — published 2022 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime by Bill Gates Sr., Mary Ann Mackin, Bill Gates (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.75 avg rating — 1,077 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	新常态改变中国3.0：世界经济与中国机会 by Bill Gates (Goodreads Author), 比尔·盖茨 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bill Gates wrote a new blog post Languages are weird. John McWhorter helped me understand why In the fourth episode of my podcast, I asked linguist, professor, and author John McWhorter to help unconfuse me about the quirks of language.
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Bill Gates rated a book it was amazing Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
When my Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, and I were kids, we fell in love with computing. But software wasn't the first thing we bonded over. It was Robert Heinlein. I met Paul around the time I had finished reading all of the science fiction writer’ ...more
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Bill Gates rated a book really liked it The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The CRISPR gene editing system is one of the coolest and perhaps most consequential scientific breakthroughs of the last decade. I’m familiar with it because of my work at the foundation—we’re funding a number of projects that use the technology—but ...more
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Bill Gates rated a book really liked it Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I love a good robot story, and Ishiguro’s novel about an “artificial friend” to a sick young girl is no exception. Although it takes place in a dystopian future, the robots aren’t a force for evil. Instead, they serve as companions to keep people com ...more
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I believe that COVID-19 can be the last pandemic. In my upcoming book, I lay out the specific steps we can take to not only stop future pandemics but provide better health care for everyone around the world.
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Bill Gates added a status update: I believe that COVID-19 can be the last pandemic. In my upcoming book, I lay out the specific steps we can take to not only stop future pandemics but provide better health care for everyone around the world. https://b-gat.es/3360I9u
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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming by Paul Hawken

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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

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