The world's wealthiest man Bill Gates would still pick up a $100 bill on the street, but he has no tips about how to get by on less than $100,000 a year. Oh, and the 58-year-old Microsoft co-founder says he can still leap over a chair, if it is a small one. Those and other insights came as Gates fielded questions on Monday in an online chat session at social news website Reddit.com. Along with playful personal perspectives, Gates shared thoughts on philanthropy, government snooping, and his return to a hands-on role at Microsoft to assist newly-appointed chief executive Satya Nadella. "Satya is taking a fresh view of where Microsoft is -- strengths and weaknesses," Gates said . "A new person gets to step back and change the focus in some ways. He is off to a great start." Gates noted that he doesn't plan to stay at the office for days at a time as he did in his younger days when he had "energy and naivete" on his side. He expected to give about a third of his work time to Microsoft, and the remaining two-thirds to the philanthropic foundation he runs with his wife. He dismissed the notion of being the biggest philanthropist, contending that while he gives a lot of money to charitable causes, aid workers living in difficult conditions sacrifice more than he does. When asked his thoughts on US spy agencies snooping on computer use, Gates described it as a 'complex' issue that will grow in importance as cameras and sensors in devices collect more information about users. "We need to have trust in the way information is protected and gathered," Gates said. "There is a role for the government to try and stop crime and terrorism but it will have to be more open." He confided that his most expensive guilty pleasure purchase was a plane, quickly adding that it has been indispensible for travel in connection with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He said he really enjoys the old-fashioned card game Bridge, leaving most of the videogame play on the home Microsoft Xbox console to his son. Gates said he also cleans the dinner dishes every night, because he likes the way he does it.
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綜合外國媒體報(bào)道,當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間2月10日,世界首富比爾?蓋茨參加了一個(gè)社交新聞網(wǎng)站舉辦的“隨便問”活動(dòng),在線回答網(wǎng)友提問。 “如果地上有100塊錢,你會(huì)撿嗎?”“當(dāng)然會(huì)撿。但我不知道年收入10萬美元以下要怎么生活?!边@位58歲的微軟創(chuàng)始人表示,他現(xiàn)在還能玩跳山羊的游戲,“只要‘山羊’不太高就行”。 除了上述有趣的個(gè)人觀點(diǎn),蓋茨還就慈善事業(yè)、美國政府監(jiān)控項(xiàng)目以及他重回微軟等事與網(wǎng)友交流看法和意見。 “對(duì)于微軟的優(yōu)勢(shì)和不足,(微軟新任首席執(zhí)行官)納德拉有一套全新的看法。新人新作風(fēng),他會(huì)開啟一個(gè)良好的開端?!鄙w茨說,不同于年輕的埋頭苦干,他此次回歸微軟并不打算在辦公室里待太久,計(jì)劃把1/3的工作時(shí)間奉獻(xiàn)給微軟、剩余的2/3留給他和妻子共同經(jīng)營的慈善事業(yè)。 蓋茨認(rèn)為,盡管捐了很多錢給慈善事業(yè),但他并不是世界上最大的慈善家,“那些身處困境的救援人員作出的犧牲比我大得多”。 當(dāng)被問及如何看待美國情報(bào)機(jī)構(gòu)監(jiān)控互聯(lián)網(wǎng)用戶時(shí),蓋茨回答稱:“這是一件很復(fù)雜的事情。隨著攝像頭和傳感器搜集了越來越多的用戶信息,此事的重要性將愈加凸顯。我們要相信信息得到了妥善的保護(hù),但政府的所作所為也要變得更加公開?!?/p> 此外,蓋茨還透露,他買過的最貴私人物品是一架飛機(jī),但這架飛機(jī)如今已經(jīng)成為“比爾和梅琳達(dá)?蓋茨基金會(huì)”不可或缺的出行工具。至于最愛的游戲,蓋茨說他真的很喜歡老式的紙牌游戲橋牌,Xbox上的電子游戲則是留給兒子玩的。 而且,蓋茨還是個(gè)不折不扣的居家好男人,每天吃過晚餐后,他都會(huì)主動(dòng)刷碗,“因?yàn)槲蚁矚g自己洗碗的方式”。 相關(guān)閱讀 受奧朗德與瓦萊麗分手影響 白宮報(bào)廢300份國宴邀請(qǐng)函 科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)非洲以外人類最古老的腳印遺跡 男子劫機(jī)欲攪亂冬奧會(huì) 計(jì)劃泡湯反被逮捕 美國警告稱恐怖分子或?qū)λ髌醵瑠W會(huì)發(fā)動(dòng)“牙膏炸彈”襲擊 (信蓮)
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