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Historically, Privacy Was Almost Implicit, Because It Was Hard To Find And Gather Information. But In The Digital World, Whether It's Digital Cameras Or Satellites Or Just What You Click On, We Need To Have More Explicit Rules - Not Just For Governments But For Private Companies.

-Bill Gates

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Historically, Privacy Was Almost

Bill Gates

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Historically, Privacy Was Almost Implicit, Because It Was Hard To Find And Gather Information. But In The Digital World, Whether It's Digital Cameras Or Satellites Or Just What You Click On, We Need To Have More Explicit Rules - Not Just For Governments But For Private Companies.

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As I See It, There Are Two Great Forces Of Human Nature: Self-interest, And Caring For Others. Capitalism Harnesses Self-interest In A Helpful And Sustainable Way, But Only On Behalf Of Those Who Can Pay. Government Aid And Philanthropy Channel Our Caring For Those Who Can't Pay. But To Provide Rapid Improvement For The Poor We Need A System That Draws In Innovators And Businesses In A Far Better Way Than We Do Today.

Test Scores Aren't Perfect, But Having A Test Score For Math Or Reading Or Other Things That We Can Objectively Measure Is A Meaningful Component That Makes A Lot Of Sense.

Windows Is Probably The Most Important Product In The Entire Pc Industry. Everything We Do In Terms Of Supporting Touch, New Hardware, Accessibility Has Incredible Impact.

I Don't Think Culture Is Something You Can Describe.

Success Today Requires The Agility And Drive To Constantly Rethink, Reinvigorate, React, And Reinvent.

Why Do People Benefit In Inverse Proportion To Their Need? Well, Market Incentives Make That Happen.

There's 20 Companies That I Have Investments In - Some Batteries, Some Solar-thermal, One Big Nuclear Thing. We Need Hundreds And Hundreds Of Companies Like That, So That In A 20-year Time Frame We Really Are Starting To Change The Energy Infrastructure.

There Won't Be Anything We Won't Say To People To Try And Convince Them That Our Way Is The Way To Go.

Over Time, Yes, Countries Will Need To Look At Specific Gmo Products Like They Look At Drugs Today, Where They Don't Approve Them All. They Look Hard At The Safety And The Testing. And They Make Sure That The Benefits Far Outweigh Any Of The Downsides.

Instead Of Buying Airplanes And Playing Around Like Some Of Our Competitors, We've Rolled Almost Everything Back To The Company.

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