Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.
People should just buy a CD and rip it. You are legal then.
People are using Windows PCs more than they watch TV now.
The future of Windows is to let the computer see, listen and even learn.
Our teachers deserve better feedback.
No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.
Newspaper readership is still growing in India.
Money has always been in politics. And I’m not sure you’d want money to be completely out of politics.
Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts.
The misconception that aid falls straight into the hands of dictators largely stems from the Cold War era.
The most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest.
We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.
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.
When I was in my 40s, Microsoft was my primary activity.
Countries which receive aid do graduate. Within a generation, Korea went from being a big recipient to being a big aid donor. China used to get quite a bit of aid; now it’s aid-neutral.
Fortunately for India, it has got a growing economy. If it is doing the right things with taxation and focusing on the right areas for human development, it is going to have no problem, over a period of time, taking care of its own needs.
I understand how every healthy child, every new road, puts a country on a better path, but instability and war will arise from time to time, and I’m not an expert on how you get out of those things.
I’ve been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that’s kind of a religious belief. I mean, it’s at least a moral belief.
The fight against AIDS in China is already well underway. The Chinese government and other funders are providing major support, and they’ll continue to bear primary responsibility for delivering prevention and treatment.
The idea that you encourage companies to take their innovative thinkers and think about the most needy – even beyond the market opportunities – that’s something that appropriately ought to be done.