The reading harvest of Bill Gates and a selection of the best books he read in 2021
Whenever you think that you have no more time between taking care of the house and working hours and chatting with friends, take a look at the blog of the businessman and one of the richest people in the world, Bill Gates, and check out the books he liked. At that time, the words of Ali bin Abi Talib will be confirmed within you when he said: “And you think that you are a small crime and within you is the greater world.”
Gates Notes is an online blog in which this intellectual writes about books he has read and loved, novels he advises us on, and people he has met. In it he tells many tales that show his encyclopedic knowledge and explain the genius of this man and his great success.
In this article, we talk about 5 books that Bill Gates loved to read this year and soar in the sky, hoping that time will stop to take a look at them before the end of the year. Where will this voracious reader carry us? Are his readings related to the field of technology and science only, or will we also stop with him in literature and arts stations?
In this 288-page book , which was published on March 2, this year, Jeff Hawkins delves more into the neural labyrinths and the parts of the brain, first talking about the ancient brain and the modern brain, their components and characteristics, and then presenting a theory he formulated by linking the human mind and artificial intelligence.
The work is divided into 3 parts or chapters. The first is concerned with presenting a new understanding and study of the brain, the second refers to machine intelligence, and the third refers to human intelligence. In part one, Jeff Hawkins talks especially about the neocortex because he believes that our understanding of this complex, six-layered part of humans is the key to real artificial intelligence, very close to human intelligence.
For this, Bill Gates advises us to read this book first if we want to experience access to the world of the machine and technological development related to artificial intelligence, as he considers it a sufficient and valuable introduction to this topic.
2. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race- Walter Isaacson
We pass from machine intelligence in the first book to Jennifer Doudna, who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Emmanuel Charpentier in 2020 for their discovery of the cleaving enzyme called “CRISPR-associated protein 9” and their talk in a precise scientific way about genetic modifications in the second book.
This book, also published this year, is by its owner, Walter Isaacson, a biographer who decided, as many did not, to write about a woman who won a Nobel Prize, changing the course of history with her discovery and presentation. But he did not stop at recounting the biography of the heroine of his book, but rather went beyond that to push us to think about genetic change from an ethical angle. Despite its many uses that may save humanity from many diseases and epidemics, he touched on its other immoral uses.
At this point in particular, we recall the incident of the two Chinese infants who were subjected to this experiment by the geneticist He Jiankui, who used these cutting enzymes that help to erase and change genes. This scientist justified his use of this technology with the idea of protecting the two children from AIDS, which their father was suffering from, but this did not appeal to many researchers in this field, nor did he win the approval of the authorities who stopped him.
3. Klara and the Sun- Kazuo Ishiguro
We travel from the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 to the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017, and from American and French nationality to Japanese roots, to stop at the most beautiful, warmest and closest stations to the hearts of global readers. It is the station of novels, stories and tales with the Japanese writer of British nationality Kazuo Ishiguro.
This time Bill Gates chooses for us the story of the machine Clara, who tells us the text herself and we talk about all the time while she is waiting for a suitable friend, who chooses her and brings her home with him, until she meets Josie and they develop a strong and real friendship.
The events of this dystopia take place in the near future and come to reconcile us with the idea of the presence of the machine among us and we coexist with it, because it is not a maid or a babysitter as much as a friend and companion.
4. Hamnet- Maggie O'Farrell
Between Hamlet and Hamnet, one letter differs and Shakespeare attends. It is a work of fiction for Shakespeare's fans and readers, and for those who believe in the power of human relations, especially that fraternal bond. The novel tells the story of a young girl's illness and narrates her twin brother's search for a way to save her from death.
5. Project Hail Mary- Andy Weir
In the latest nomination for Bill Gates, this distinguished reader, we bring you back to the world of science fiction through a book by the American writer “Andy Weir” known for his novel The Martian, which in 2015 turned into a successful and beautiful movie.
Bill Gates said that he devoured this funny book in one week, and that he could not tell us about this wonderful work without diving into its intertwined and scattered events. Nevertheless, he spoke very briefly of this book's main hero, Ryland Grace, who awakens to find that he has been transformed from professor to space shuttle man in another galaxy, sent on a mission to save our solar system from an alien body that has come to devour the sun.
In reading there is life and soul, and in books, life multiplies, memories multiply, and wealth is neither sold nor bought with worldly treasures, and speaking about it is fun and summer. Do not miss to follow the nominations of good readers such as Bill Gate
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