CHM Live | Bill Gates and Patrick Collison: In Conversation at CHM

You know, absent solving some of these big problems, things are going to be so much better off. Alzheimer's, obesity, you know; we'll have a cure for HIV. We will have gotten rid of polio, measles, malaria. You know, the pace of innovation is greater today than ever. I'm lucky I still get to back incredibly smart people who are doing all of that wo

However, until I got into my 30s, my mindset was that there were all sorts of other wonderful things going on. I'd love to be polymathic; I was reading about the latest in many different sciences, but I was going to focus on Microsoft. You know, so for my 20s, I was monomaniacal. I did not read broadly. I definitely intimidated my competitors. My f

if anybody thinks it was better back in 1955 for women or people who were gay or people who got, you know, heart disease or cancer, I mean, it’s just insane. You know, the big headline is people are living longer, people are learning more, people are more literate.

the ability to concentrate uh you know to get fascinated with something and really dig into it which as I got older I could choose what I concentrated on and and when I was in high school I was okay at it but I remember being down in my room thinking okay I'm going to work on my homework and do really well this year but then there were these taram

For me, the ability to concentrate, you know, to get fascinated with something and really dig into it, which as I got older I could choose what I concentrated on. And when I was in high school, I was okay at it, but I remember being down in my room thinking, "Okay, I'm going to work on my homework and do really well this year." But then t

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going to focus on Microsoft and you know so for my 20s I was monomaniacal I did not read broadly