Bill Gates

Um... Because Microsoft wasn't about any one piece of software, not just Windows, not just Office, we were doing, you know, Xbox, which had games. We thought of ourselves as a software factory, and we wanted to be faster than anyone else and have lower-priced software than anyone else. And so the other people doing software found it pretty intimidating that we moved at that speed.

And that's why when Steve does the Macintosh, he comes to us and say, hey, are you willing to bet on this? You know, can we work on this together? It got quite competitive. You know, eventually other great companies like Google come along and they're also very good at hiring smart people. And there's been room, you know, if you think of what are the most valuable companies in the world today,

And that's why when Steve does the Macintosh, he comes to us and say, hey, are you willing to bet on this? You know, can we work on this together? It got quite competitive. You know, eventually other great companies like Google come along and they're also very good at hiring smart people. And there's been room, you know, if you think of what are the most valuable companies in the world today,

And that's why when Steve does the Macintosh, he comes to us and say, hey, are you willing to bet on this? You know, can we work on this together? It got quite competitive. You know, eventually other great companies like Google come along and they're also very good at hiring smart people. And there's been room, you know, if you think of what are the most valuable companies in the world today,

it's all these companies that ushered in this digital revolution.

it's all these companies that ushered in this digital revolution.

it's all these companies that ushered in this digital revolution.

Yeah, so the digital revolution with PCs and internet, we thought of as very empowering. And so you could say we were kind of naive in thinking this was all good. In fact, when we worried, we were worried about what we called the digital divide, that having access was so valuable that we should make sure that schools in the inner city and poor countries had access. the internet and the PC.

Yeah, so the digital revolution with PCs and internet, we thought of as very empowering. And so you could say we were kind of naive in thinking this was all good. In fact, when we worried, we were worried about what we called the digital divide, that having access was so valuable that we should make sure that schools in the inner city and poor countries had access. the internet and the PC.

Yeah, so the digital revolution with PCs and internet, we thought of as very empowering. And so you could say we were kind of naive in thinking this was all good. In fact, when we worried, we were worried about what we called the digital divide, that having access was so valuable that we should make sure that schools in the inner city and poor countries had access. the internet and the PC.

It's only when social networking comes along that this kind of, oh, isn't it always for the good to give people new capabilities? We realized, wow, you know, the social criticism, the waste of time that in some ways we were playing to human weaknesses that you seek out outrage, and that kind of can drive people apart.

It's only when social networking comes along that this kind of, oh, isn't it always for the good to give people new capabilities? We realized, wow, you know, the social criticism, the waste of time that in some ways we were playing to human weaknesses that you seek out outrage, and that kind of can drive people apart.

It's only when social networking comes along that this kind of, oh, isn't it always for the good to give people new capabilities? We realized, wow, you know, the social criticism, the waste of time that in some ways we were playing to human weaknesses that you seek out outrage, and that kind of can drive people apart.

And now that we've seen that those advances aren't always good, now with AI, which is far more powerful than social networking, we're going, wow, how do we shape this thing to get the good, which is definitely there, but avoid the bad stuff. And it's a little bit scary right now.

And now that we've seen that those advances aren't always good, now with AI, which is far more powerful than social networking, we're going, wow, how do we shape this thing to get the good, which is definitely there, but avoid the bad stuff. And it's a little bit scary right now.

And now that we've seen that those advances aren't always good, now with AI, which is far more powerful than social networking, we're going, wow, how do we shape this thing to get the good, which is definitely there, but avoid the bad stuff. And it's a little bit scary right now.

Yeah, my youngest, I stopped her from having a cell phone until she was 14. And she was quite upset because the other kids had access. It works a lot better if groups of parents or even the school come in and saying, hey, during the school day, this is pretty distracting. And Australia's now... trying to pass a set of rules.

Yeah, my youngest, I stopped her from having a cell phone until she was 14. And she was quite upset because the other kids had access. It works a lot better if groups of parents or even the school come in and saying, hey, during the school day, this is pretty distracting. And Australia's now... trying to pass a set of rules.

Yeah, my youngest, I stopped her from having a cell phone until she was 14. And she was quite upset because the other kids had access. It works a lot better if groups of parents or even the school come in and saying, hey, during the school day, this is pretty distracting. And Australia's now... trying to pass a set of rules.

You know, there's a book by Jonathan Haidt called The Anxious Generation. Yeah, we've read it. I've read it. Okay, good, good. You know, and his point that we're kind of overprotecting kids in the real world and underprotecting them in the digital world, I think he's got a super good point there, and we've got to step up on that.