big ideas
How energy makes life possible.
Bill Gates reviews “Energy and Civilization: A History” by author Vaclav Smil. | learn more
Tag: Bill Gates
big ideas
Bill Gates: 4 signs of progress on climate change.
“The good news is that there’s a lot of progress to report on both [crop science and energy research]. Here’s an overview of the developments I’ll be highlighting in Paris.” | learn more
big ideas
Bill Gates digging deep into Alzheimer’s.
“Bill Gates shares his thoughts on Alzheimer’s disease and his hopes for accelerating progress to find a breakthrough.” | learn more
thoughts of food
Memphis Meats raised money from some big names.
Cargill Inc., Bill Gates, and Richard Branson participated in a funding round for (yet another) company that’s working to create meats from cultured cells. This technology is important for a variety of reasons – ethical and environmental immediately come to […]
tech, startups, internet
Tech takes a while.
Amidst all of the excitement around how things will change because of technology (and they will!), don’t forget that it takes a while. Bill Gates had a famous quote: “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next […]
better doing
Get more done by working less.
“Some of history’s most famous people from Charles Darwin and Bill Gates to Winston Churchill, took rest very seriously. Rather than prevent them from accomplishing things this was the very thing that enabled them.” | learn more