In the beginning of 1975, when I was in college, my friend Paul Allen showed me an issue of popular electronics, the Altair 8800 computer, the first commercially successful private computer Both of us had the idea: "We are going to have a revolution without us!" We believed that the software was going to change the world, and we are concerned that if we did not join the digital revolution soon, we would have it. This conversation marks the end of my college career and the beginning of Microsoft.
There will be more such opportunities in the next 100 years. Since it is very easy for a person to share it with the world in a moment, the speed of innovation is accelerating - and it opens more areas than ever before for exploration. We have started taping the ability of artificial intelligence to help make people more productive and creative. To help people stay in a healthier life, they are full of bio-science possibilities. Large progress in clean energy will make it more economical and available, which will fight poverty and avoid the bad effects of climate change. Help us
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They are exciting for these advances - they can save millions of lives and improve - but they are not indispensable only when people are ready to bet on so many ideas, knowing that some work Will not, a breakthrough can change the world. In the next 100 years, we need people to believe in the power of innovation and take risks on some revolutionary ideas.