2min chapter

Cortex cover image

99: Epi5ode Out of Time

Cortex

CHAPTER

Bill Gates, Is It Money?

Gates has the ability to convince people to do what he wants them to do. And I just find that very intriguing, because it's clearly not money. Right. Like I don't think it's money a lot of the time in some of these situations. Because this again is like what we were saying before about Steve Jobs having like a reality distortion field. There's a way in which if a thing doesn't exist, you can inspire people to move in a direction out of raw charisma. But I think that that is limited to very particular kinds of problems. That sort of charisma does not work for the sorts of problems that Gates is up against.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode