The best things I read, listened to, and watched this year by Bill Gates (shared by Niloufar Pourzand)
Title: Bill Gates' Post
Author: Bill Gates
Publication: LinkedIn
Date: 17 July 2026
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Summary:
Bill Gates shares a “summer best” list of things he has enjoyed lately, including three books and one TV show. The books are 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Culpability by Bruce Holsinger, and Gray Matters by Theodore H. Schwartz. The show is The Pitt, Season 2, which he describes as a look at life and human dynamics in a Pittsburgh emergency room.
Quotes:
“My “summer best” list is a mix of books (and one show) that I've enjoyed lately:”
“1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin: An incredibly well-researched book about the historic Wall Street crash of 1929.”
“The Pitt, Season 2: Set across a single 15-hour shift in a Pittsburgh emergency room, this show is a fascinating look at the complex human dynamics involved in an ER.”
“1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin: An incredibly well-researched book about the historic Wall Street crash of 1929.”
“The Pitt, Season 2: Set across a single 15-hour shift in a Pittsburgh emergency room, this show is a fascinating look at the complex human dynamics involved in an ER.”
Bill Gates' association with Jeffrey Epstein reflected a lapse in judgment. Warren Buffett severed his philanthropic relationship with the Gates Foundation because he no longer wished to be associated with its leadership. To showcase Bill Gates may not serve UNICEF well.
ReplyDeletewhat makes us think Gates has good taste just because he is rich?
ReplyDeleteI also read some books
ReplyDeleteI just read Kazuo Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go," and I don't get why he got the Nobel Prize
ReplyDeleteand if you look at how he tried to dump billions into Pakistan to eradicate polio - you will see a fool brought the river and back without taking a drink.
ReplyDeleteThe Pakistan polio campaign illustrates a broader point: development is not as much held back by finance as by a lack of capable institutions and political commitment. If money is the easy part of development, and governance is the hard part, can aid solve underdevelopment?
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