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    30 Dec 2018

    1/ What a year. If you’re anything like me, you’re taking stock of your work and your life, and wondering where all the time went. Here are a few of my thoughts as 2018 wraps up.

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  2. Melinda and I have gotten really into meditation. If you’re thinking about trying mindfulness in 2019, this is the perfect introduction:

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  3. Jan 3

    When I was in my 20s, my year in review would amount to just one question: Is Microsoft software making the personal-computing dream come true? These are the questions I’m asking myself today:

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  4. Jan 1

    Happy anniversary, . I can’t wait to spend 25 more years laughing together.

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  5. 30 Dec 2018

    I hope you have a happy and healthy start to 2019.

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  6. 30 Dec 2018

    In the meantime, Melinda and I are working on our next Annual Letter, which we’re going to send out in February.

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  7. 30 Dec 2018

    Although I’ve never been one for New Year’s resolutions, I’m making one for 2019: I’m committing to learn and think more about the balance between privacy and security, as well as the use of technology in education.

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  8. 30 Dec 2018

    Gene editing might be the most important public debate we’re not having right now. Read up on it whenever you have a chance. Even better, read ’s “The Gene.”

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  9. 30 Dec 2018

    The good news is that there has been progress toward a vaccine that would protect you from every possible strain of the flu. But the world still needs to develop a global system for responding to epidemics.

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  10. 30 Dec 2018

    I had hoped that hitting the 100th anniversary of the Spanish flu would spark a lot of discussion about whether we’re ready for the next global epidemic. Unfortunately, it didn’t, and we still are not ready.

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  11. 30 Dec 2018

    Some people think we have all the clean-energy sources we need to stop climate change. But we don’t. As I wrote earlier this year, the world needs to be working on lots of solutions to stop climate change.

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  12. 30 Dec 2018

    This year , the clean-energy investment fund I’m involved with, announced the first companies we’re putting money into.

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  13. 30 Dec 2018

    Almost a decade ago, I predicted that the world would soon be polio free. But we had more polio cases in 2018 than in 2017. Even so, I remain optimistic that we could eradicate polio soon.

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  14. 30 Dec 2018

    Just over a year ago, I made my first investment in Alzheimer’s research. I’m hopeful that we can make a lot of progress in the coming years.

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  15. 22 Dec 2018

    The books that kept me up reading in 2018:

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  16. 21 Dec 2018

    I’m excited to share a project I’m involved with to bring Leonardo da Vinci’s work to life.

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  17. 20 Dec 2018

    New report from shows the importance of federal investments in R&D to developing cleaner energy technologies like advanced nuclear, energy storage, and carbon capture.

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  18. 19 Dec 2018

    This year I asked my Secret Santa (one of my favorite traditions) to give to a cause that matters to them. My Santa is helping a young girl continue her education in a refugee camp through :

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  19. 19 Dec 2018

    New data. New insights. New discoveries. These are just a few of the reasons why kept me optimistic in 2018:

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  20. 19 Dec 2018

    This one-of-a-kind device brings you closer than ever to one of history’s greatest thinkers:

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