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Bill Gates 3 Favorite Podcasts

In addition to his seasonal reading lists, Bill Gates recommends 3 cool podcasts he is listening in order to entertain and educate yourself.
Bill Gates
Entrepreneur
In addition to his seasonal reading lists, Bill Gates recommends 3 cool podcasts he is listening in order to entertain and educate yourself.
People from Bill Gates

Stephen Hawking

Bill Gates
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I’ve always admired Stephen Hawking. He was a brilliant physicist—and an equally brilliant science communicator. His ability to make the universe accessible inspired millions to get interested in the sciences.
People from Bill Gates

Robert Hand

(@robertjhand)
Bill Gates
Entrepreneur
The students at Mount Vernon High School are lucky to have a teacher as passionate, engaging, and creative as Robert. It takes a special kind of educator to get kids excited about filing their taxes!
Games from Bill Gates

Bridge Base - Online Bridge



Bill Gates
Entrepreneur
I’ve been playing bridge for years—Warren Buffett is my favorite partner. We don’t get together in person now that we’re sheltering in place, but we still play online. There are lots of great options out there, including this guide to learning the game, and the online platform that Warren and I play on, which is called Bridge Base.
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Headspace: Meditation & Sleep

Learn the life-changing skills of meditation in just a few minutes a day with Headspace. Find hundreds of sessions on physical health, personal growth, stress management, and anxiety relief. They are all designed to help you stress less, focus more, and feel better. Download Headspace to meditate anywhere, anytime and start living a healthier, happier life.
Bill Gates
Entrepreneur
Headspace made the barrier to entry low enough for me. It’s just 10 minutes a day of listening to Andy’s soothing British accent and trying to stay with him. Andy has taken some heat from hard-core meditators for his low-barrier approach, but he got me to take up meditation and stick with it. I’m glad he did.
Articles from Bill Gates

‘Amazing, Isn’t It?’ Long-Sought Blood Test for Alzheimer’s in Reach

Scientists say such tests could be available in a few years, speeding research for treatments and providing a diagnosis for dementia patients who want to know if they have Alzheimer’s disease.
Bill Gates
Entrepreneur
It’s hard to overstate how important finding a reliable, affordable, and easy-to-use diagnostic is for stopping Alzheimer’s. This is a big step towards that goal.
Articles from Bill Gates

Spreading Slow Ideas

We yearn for frictionless technological solutions. But people talking to people is still the way that norms and standards change.
Bill Gates
Entrepreneur
In his 2013 New Yorker article “Slow Ideas,” the Harvard surgeon Atul Gawande offered a compelling way to understand why some good ideas spread slowly (if at all) while others spread like wildfire.
Articles from Bill Gates

How the Pandemic Will End

The U.S. may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.
Bill Gates
Entrepreneur
One of the questions I am most often asked about the #COVID19 pandemic is how, and when, it will end. This article by @edyong209 does a really good job of outlining the steps we need to take.
Articles from Bill Gates

20 Ways the World Got Better in 2019, in Charts

Last year felt pretty awful most of the time. But if you take the long view, 2019 was actually a relatively amazing year to be alive.
Bill Gates
Entrepreneur
Progress isn’t always easy to see. These charts show some of the ways that the world is getting better.
Articles from Bill Gates

10 technologies that could combat climate change as food demand soars

A new study from the World Bank and UN finds we’ll need ways to boost yields faster than ever before to prevent agricultural emissions from soaring.
Bill Gates
Entrepreneur
10 breakthrough technologies that could help us feed the world and fight climate change at the same time.
Articles from Bill Gates

The Fight Against Blight

Research into the pathogen that caused the Irish Potato Famine is taking us a step closer to designing blight-resistant crops.  
Bill Gates
Entrepreneur
Good article about scientists who are trying to save lives by building a better potato.
Articles from Bill Gates

In Search of Energy Miracles

While scientists race to develop a technology, probably nuclear-based, that can slake our energy thirst without a huge environmental cost, it would be folly to wait that long to tackle carbon emissions.
Bill Gates
Entrepreneur
Important article from @NYTimes about the need for energy miracles. We must drive investment & innovation.
Articles from Bill Gates

A green evolution

The farms of Africa are prospering at last thanks to persistence, technology and decent government
Bill Gates
Entrepreneur
A great Economist article on how Africans are attacking the barriers to higher productivity.
Articles from Bill Gates

Eradicating disease

Viral and parasitic diseases are not only worth killing off, they are also increasingly vulnerable
Bill Gates
Entrepreneur
Great article in @TheEconomist on why it’s getting easier to stop deadly diseases.
Articles from Bill Gates

The man who saved millions from starvation

The crops developed by Norman Borlaug have saved millions of people from starvation.
Bill Gates
Entrepreneur
I learned what’s possible in agriculture from studying a remarkable scientist named Norman Borlaug. If you’re curious about Borlaug and his breakthroughs, I recommend this article and a book called “The Man Who Fed the World.”