Five books that Bill · gates talks "It was a chance to review my thoughts"

ByGisela Giardino

Speaking of Microsoft founder Bill Gates is famous as a reader,50 books a yearIt is said that he is reading a book. Mr. Bill · Gates said "It was a catalyst for reviewing my thoughts" Five books on business news mediaMarketWatchIt introduces.

Bill Gates says these five books 'made me question my own thinking' - MarketWatch
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◆ 1: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
It is this book that Gates picked up as a book to read for "holiday", and the world wrote a challenging idea to achieve the goal "bliss and immortality and divinity."

Gates says he is not satisfied with the solution to the problem by Mr. Harari who is the author of "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow", but "I have stopped reading this book because the conclusion is unsatisfactory Please do not. " In addition, "There are exciting ideas rather than a lot of technical terms, it's a very attractive book.This is a kind of inspiration that you will think about the future, that is, you think about the present It is also to say that it will become like "is written.

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Customer ReviewThere are only one, 23 out of 25 people voted "This review was helpful".

A sequel to the global bestseller 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind' whose Japanese version was recently published as a Japanese word "whole history of sapiens" (English version published in 2014). Author who showed vividly the way of Homo sapiens on a global scale from "cognitive revolution" about 70 thousand years ago at "Sapiens" to the modern era of how the near future of present human beings Whether it is a prospect or not, I have a great interest and have uncovered this book. Whether you agree or remember, the author's keen insight remains alive as ever. Visiting the future with a time machine, you can enjoy the presence and tension feeling as if you are observing the ecology of the people living there, secretly killing breathlessly from behind. Will it really be the first step toward greater happiness from the Homo sapiens to Homo deus? English is simple and easy to read.

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow is a sequel to "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind", which is also published in Japan as a translated version "Sapiens Total History".

The structure of social civilization and the happiness of mankind | Yuval Noah Harari, Shibata Hiroyuki | History | Kindle store | Amazon


◆ 2: Hillbilly · Elegy White people left behind from the prosperity of America
This book marks the cultural and economic division of America through the chaotic family life of the author and admission to law school.

Gates said the impression of this book: "The author does not pretend to be a policy expert for his own credit, does not present a simple solution, but when I read this book , I was made to think that I could give power to the poor community and create opportunities.The important thing to me is what I can do to tackle the complex poverty situation in the United States and to make as many children as adult's affection It is to think about wrapping it in. "

Hillbilly · Elegy White Whispered from the Prosperity of America | J. D. Vance, Mitsuhiro Sekine, Ayumi Yamada | Books | mail order | Amazon


The contents of Amazon.co.jp is as follows.

The memoirs written by an unnamed 31-year-old attorney have been selling in the United States since June 2016. The author,
Origin of Ohio state called "last belt" (rusty industrial area). I was born and grew up in a poor white worker 's house.
The memoirs include the devastation of the area that once flourished in the steel industry and others, the unique culture of the poor white working class including their own family,
It depicts a misery everyday. However, the authors themselves have been fortunate to have various lucks, and for their own efforts,
Marine Corps → Ohio State University → Yale University Advance to Law School and became an American elite. now
There is only a few possibilities, it is an embody of the American dream. From the perspective of his eyes, the white working-class
What are the current situation and problems? What is a unique culture that challenges studying and avoiding itself to go to university?
No, it is one book to know deeply the poor white working class, which is supposed to hold the end of the world.

In particularReviewIt is excellent.

I am not about Hillbilly's home in this book, but I was born and raised in a poor and violent house.
I am lucky and doing work to overcome the spill of large corporations and many opportunities to contact elite.
Meanwhile, there are friends like Hillbilly.
For me like this, this book seems to be written about myself.
It explains why my home became violent, why I feel the walls with my company or business partner, and why.

Especially in the latter half, I felt the gap between Hillbilly society and elite society from the time the writer entered Yale, that the home environment is one of the causes of my destructive thinking, I cleared the problem Points etc are very helpful for me.

The gap between the elite and the poor is big.
It is not simply income, but the way of living, the way of thinking itself is different.
In this regard, it is a book that conveys a very meaningful message.

◆ 3: A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
"A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety" is the 39th President of the United States of AmericaJimmy CarterMr. Autobiography. Gates references this book as "a wonderful reading experience with wonderful men can be done" and introduces this book several times in past book reviews.

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◆ 4: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Mr. Gates has professed to be a big fan of the American news program "The Daily Show", hosted by Mr. John Stuart, but this book is a big fan of John Stewart's The Daily Show, the second presenter of the Trevor · This book is written by Noah. Gates also reveals that he is a fan of Noah.

Such memoir by Mr. Noah is "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood". Even if it is a story of a content that is deeply depressed, it is becoming a book that you can read while laughing with Mr. Noah's skill.

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In few JapaneseCustomer ReviewAmong others, the following reviews are likely to be helpful.

If you are a resident in the US or a person familiar with American culture, you know familiar with the TV program "The Daily Show". From 1999 to 2015 Jon Stewart (John Stewart) had been hosting a satire news program that had been said to influence young people more than actual news programs. When Stewart announced his retirement, many fans complained that "there is no such comedian as will follow him."

When South African comedian Trevor Noah (Trevor Noah) was decided to succeed Stewart, there were more people who doubt his competence than to expect from Noah. I was one of them. However, he has convinced Stuart 's fans and is taking in new young generation.

Until then I did not know about Noah at all, but this review and the column he contributed to the New York Times changed the evaluation for him. Unlike Stewart who was brought up by scholars and educators parents and learned at William and Mary University, Noah is a colored (a mixture of white and black) that was raised as a black single mother in South Africa during the apartheid era. I have not received university education.

In order to know how remarkable the achievement of Noah is, it is necessary to know South Africa of the era when he was born.
In South Africa of the apartheid era, the people were divided into four ethnic categories (white, black, colored, colored, Asian from India and Pakistan), each with different rights. Also, the marriage between different racial (especially white and black) is illegal, and it is a "crime" with a severe punishment that gives birth children a child. Noah's mother asked a Swiss friend to deliberately commit the crime and give birth to his son.

A mixed-blood Trevor boy called "colored" was concealed invisibly until apartheid was eliminated because the existence itself was a crime. And then I also experienced solitude that can not belong to any group.

In Noah's memoirs, there are many anecdotal stories such as poor life that starves to eat caterpillars and experiences of dark business that sells stolen goods. However, I will tell it brightly and humorally. The domestic violence that Noah 's mother received from her father - in - law is amazing, but it even laughed it. Noah who gained such writing power by self taught probably has made a tremendous effort not to show outside.

I feel Noah 's deep intellect also in the place where he is looking at the absurd society of the apartheid era and the opposition of the black men after the elimination with a clear line of sight.
Noah seems to have his favorite reading if she has time to spare, but I thought that those who can have my own opinion are reading many books as well.

It is a book that you should read for those who are likely to ask others or society for excuses that my life will not work. What you get after laughing is much bigger than the enlightenment book around it.

◆ 5: The Heart: Maylis de Kerangal
"This is not a novel but a poetry that has been disguised as a novel," as Mr. Gates explains this book, it's like sorrow exploration. Mr. Gates notes that it is not only an emotional story but also a novel that you have to look up the meaning of the word in the dictionary, but the words that exist in the book are worthy of praise.

The Heart: Maylis de Kerangal, Sam Taylor: Books: Amazon.co.jp