
How clean-energy technology can follow in the footsteps of the humble microwave
When the first microwave oven hit the market in 1955, it cost roughly $12,000 in today’s dollars. These days you can pick one up at Walmart for $50.
When the first microwave oven hit the market in 1955, it cost roughly $12,000 in today’s dollars. These days you can pick one up at Walmart for $50.
在困难时期——2020年毫无疑问可以称得上是困难时期——我们当中喜欢阅读的人可能会求助于各种不同的书籍。今年,我有时会深入研究一个棘手的话题,例如今年“黑人的命也是命”(Black Lives Matter)抗议活动背后的不公正现象。有时我会换一个节奏,在一天结束的时候做一些比较轻松的事情。因此,我读了不同种类的书,其中不乏非常优秀的书籍。在2020年即将结束之际,我想推...
In tough times—and there’s no doubt that 2020 qualifies as tough times—those of us who love to read turn to all kinds of different books. This year, sometimes I chose to go deeper on a di...
My family loves to do jigsaw puzzles. It’s one of our favorite activities to do together, especially when we’re on vacation. There is something so satisfying about everyone working as a t...
Earlier this month, I wrote about how COVID-19 is a cautionary tale for climate change. There’s no doubt that we have experienced terrible suffering and economic hardship over the last se...
Mosquitoes don’t practice social distancing. They don’t wear masks, either.
A global crisis has shocked the world. It is causing a tragic number of deaths, making people afraid to leave home, and leading to economic hardship not seen in many generations. Its effe...
对于今年的毕业班来说,新冠病毒的爆发,意味他们期待已久的毕业典礼只能因故取消。 不过,毕业不只是走上舞台领取学位证书,它也标志着人生下一阶段的开始——即使在当前这一困难时期,毕业也是值得庆祝的。 梅琳达和我有幸得到《华尔街日报》邀请,在此分享我们对于这一转变的想法:
这些天我的大部分对话和会议都与新冠疫情有关,以及我们该如何遏制疾病的蔓延。 但是人们也经常问起我正在阅读和观看的内容,人们或许是想了解有关这场疾病大流行的更多信息,也有可能是在寻找消磨时间的方法。 我总是乐于谈论这些精彩的书籍和电视节目(与此同时,我也愿意听听别人在看些什么,因为我通常会到处寻求建议)。
Most of my conversations and meetings these days are about COVID-19 and how we can stem the tide. But I’m also often asked about what I am reading and watching—either because people want ...
For this year’s graduating class, the COVID-19 outbreak has meant the cancellation of long-awaited commencement ceremonies. Graduation is about more than walking across the stage to colle...
One of the questions I get asked the most these days is when the world will be able to go back to the way things were in December before the coronavirus pandemic. My answer is always the ...
There’s no question the United States missed the opportunity to get ahead of the novel coronavirus. But the window for making important decisions hasn’t closed. The choices we and our lea...
In any crisis, leaders have two equally important responsibilities: solve the immediate problem and keep it from happening again. The COVID-19 pandemic is an excellent case in point. The ...
When we started our foundation 20 years ago, the world was, in many ways, very different from the one we live in now. It was before 9/11, before the Great Recession, and before the rise o...