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Catching up with Bill Gates

Bill Gates talks with GeekWire about nationalism vs. globalism, what’s surprised him over the past year, his friendship with late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, and the great burger debate.

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Full interview: Bill Gates on climate change, Paul Allen, nationalism and, of course, hamburgers

Bill Gates is known to play his cards close to the vest, but in an interview with GeekWire, the Microsoft… Read More

Bill Gates says textbooks are finally becoming obsolete, 25 years after he predicted their demise

Here’s a pop quiz: One of these passages about education technology was from Bill Gates’ 1995 book, “The Road Ahead.”… Read More

GeekWire grills Bill Gates on a meaty issue for Seattle fast food lovers: Dick’s or Burgermaster?

Globalism. Politics. Education. Clean energy. Bill Gates covered the usual range of substantive topics in an interview with GeekWire in… Read More

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Bill Gates explains why putting America first means giving a damn about the rest of the world, too

With a wave of nationalism sweeping the globe, Bill Gates contends that doing right by the country starts with helping… Read More

How a group discussion about ‘Becoming a Man’ changed Bill Gates’ perspective on the world

It all started when two billionaires went to jail. Bill and Melinda Gates visited a Georgia state prison a few… Read More

Bill Gates patched things up with Paul Allen, hoped to travel the world with Microsoft co-founder

Paul Allen was brutally candid about Bill Gates in his 2011 memoir, “Idea Man,” and the Microsoft co-founders didn’t speak for… Read More

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