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Each Sunday, TED shares an episode of another podcast we think you'll love, handpicked for you… by us. Today: an episode from The TED Interview. Back for a new season, Head of TED Chris Anderson interviews amazing thinkers about the ultimate idea worth spreading: infectious generosity.
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is one of the top ten richest people in the world. But since 2008, he has traded his day-to-day role with Microsoft to focus full-time on his foundation's work to expand opportunity around the world.
Chris interviews Bill about his philanthropy philosophy and digs into the opportunities and challenges that face one of the largest private charitable foundations in the world. The two also discuss The Giving Pledge, the movement Bill co-founded with Warren Buffet, which encourages wealthy individuals to commit the majority of their wealth to charitable causes within their lifetimes.
Chris and Bill examine the importance of solving the world’s most pressing problems efficiently, talk about why meaningful change requires scale, and compare notes on how to best encourage collective excitement about giving back.
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Time is running out on climate change. The metaverse could help | Cedrik Neike
The transformative potential of AGI — and when it might arrive | Shane Legg and Chris Anderson
Life lessons from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 | Benjamin Zander
How stress drains your brain — and what to do about it | Nicole Byers
What will happen to marketing in the age of AI? | Jessica Apotheker
How to find humor in life's absurdity | Maira Kalman
How to stop the next pandemic? Stop deforestation | Neil Vora
Democracy works — we just need better leaders | Lindiwe Mazibuko
A playbook on financing climate solutions | Nili Gilbert and David Blood
The science behind how sickness shapes your mood | Keely Muscatell
How to harness abundant, clean energy for 10 billion people | Julio Friedmann
Can we hack photosynthesis to feed the world? | Steve Long
Life on the frontlines of war reporting | Jane Ferguson
How gratitude rewires your brain | Christina Costa
The case for a new Great Migration in the US | Charles M. Blow
Are you really as good at something as you think? | Robin Kramer
Why you shouldn't trust boredom | Kevin H. Gary
The exciting, perilous journey toward AGI | Ilya Sutskever
When Biden met Xi (and what's going on with the US and China) | Ian Bremmer
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