People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines...... →
Bill Gates
This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.
Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.
Microsoft Research has a thing called the Sense Cam that, as you walk around, it's taking photos all the time. And the software will filter and... →
Polio's pretty special because once you get an eradication, you no longer have to spend money on it; it's just there as a gift for the rest... →
Contrary to popular belief, I don't spend a whole lot of time following soccer. But as I have traveled around the world to better understand... →
The next time someone tells you we can trim the budget by cutting aid, I hope you will ask whether it will come at the cost of more people dying.
I think the thing we see is that as people are using video games more, they tend to watch passive TV a bit less. And so using the PC for the... →
In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time... →
Bitcoin is mostly about anonymous transactions, and I don't think over time that's a good way to go. I'm a huge believe in digital... →