Bill Gates

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that the personal computer has come read more

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that the personal computer has come along as a great tool. The whole pace of business is moving faster. Globalization is forcing companies to do things in new ways.

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify read more

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.

The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the information about what's going on so they can do read more

The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the information about what's going on so they can do a lot more than they've done in the past.

By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The read more

By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while.