The story of the early computer era was about empowerment. It was a bottom-up movement where people embraced computers and used them for creativity and challenging big companies. The industry was young, fast-moving, and filled with evangelistic individuals like Steve Jobs. There was naivety about the potential negative impacts of technology. If given the chance, Bill Gates would do it all again, despite some imperfect products.
Trevor is joined by Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft and one of the world’s foremost philanthropists. The two talk about how he and Paul Allen schemed to get computer time as teens, the dangers AI may play in our future, what it’s like to be at the center of so many conspiracy theories, Bill’s love of pickleball, and more.
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