- that he would spend weeks in the cabin with his notepad and twenty or so books in the tote bag and spend that time to read, reflect, synthesize his ideas
- spent time during youth reading most of the times
- his mom wanted to have him engage in more social activities according to his own sisters
- Melinda and Gates have been partners and they could talk for hours with one another
- Gates developed a system where the feces produced could be put into a power plant that would be transformed into electricity and drinkable water and hence would be self-sustainable and able to run itself just with the waste products (to be ran in various developing countries including India: Melinda and Gates Foundation): showcased in press in a conference in China
- accused of being a monopoly, sued by the American government –> reasons for pursuing philanthropic mission?
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