American - Businessman | October 28, 1955 -
The ability of a successful company to add functionality to its product has long been upheld.
Bill Gates
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The tablet is not mainstream. Reading off the screen is not mainstream.
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The most interesting biofuel efforts avoid using land that's expensive and has high opportunity costs. They do this by getting onto other types of land, or taking advantage of byproducts that aren't used in the food chain today, or by intercropping.
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You're never going to get the amount of CO2 emitted to go down unless you deal with the one magic metric, which is CO2 per kilowatt-hour.
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Helping convene global stakeholders to establish a set of measurable, actionable and consensus-built goals focused on extreme poverty is invaluable.
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I think when smallpox was eliminated, the whole world got pretty excited about that because it's just such a dramatic success.
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In poor countries, we still need better ways to measure the effectiveness of the many government workers providing health services. They are the crucial link bringing tools such as vaccines and education to the people who need them most. How well trained are they? Are they showing up to work?
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Playing bridge is a pretty old fashioned thing in a way that I really like.
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I do the dishes every night - other people volunteer, but I like the way I do it.
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I've always been amazed by Da Vinci, because he worked out science on his own. He would work by drawing things and writing down his ideas. Of course, he designed all sorts of flying machines way before you could actually build something like that.
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My son likes to go see mines and electric plants, or the Large Hadron Collider, and we've had a chance to see a lot of interesting stuff.
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Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.
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