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by Bill Gates
I’ve always been an optimist and I suppose that is rooted in my belief that the power of creativity and intelligence can make the world a better place.
For as long as I can remember， I’ve loved learning new things and solving problems. So when I sat down at a computer for the first time in seventh grade， I was hooked. It was a clunky old teletype machine and it could barely do anything compared to the computers we have today. But it changed my life.
When my friend Paul Allen and I started Microsoft 30 years ago， we had a vision of“a computer on every desk and in every home，” which probably sounded a little too optimistic at a time when most computers were the size of refrigerators. But we believed that personal computers would change the world. And they have. And after 30 years， I’m still as inspired by computers as I was back in seventh grade. I believe that computers are the most incredible tool we can use to feed our curiosity and inventiveness—to help us solve problems that even the smartest people couldn’t solve on their own.
Like my friend Warren Buffet， I feel particularly lucky to do something every day that I love to do. He calls it“tap-dancing to work”. My job at Microsoft is as challenging as ever， but what makes me “tap-dance to work” is when we show people something new， like a computer that can recognize your handwriting or your speech， or one that can store a lifetime’s worth of photos， and they say， “I didn’t know you could do that with a PC!”
But for all the cool things that a person can do with a PC， there are lots of other ways we can put our creativity and intelligence to work to improve our world. There are still far too many people in the world whose basic needs go unmet.
I believe that my own good fortune brings with it a responsibility to give back to the world. My wife， Melinda， and I have committed to improving health and education in a way that can help as many people as possible.
As a father， I believe that the death of a child in Africa is no less poignant or tragic than the death of a child anywhere else. And that it doesn’t take much to make an immense difference in these children’s lives.
I’m still very much an optimist， and I believe that progress on even the world’s toughest problems is possible—and it’s happening every day. We’re seeing new drugs for deadly diseases， new diagnostic tools， and new attention paid to the health problems in the developing world.
I’m excited by the possibilities I see for medicine， for education and， of course， for technology. And I believe that through our natural inventiveness， creativity and willingness to solve tough problems， we’re going to make some amazing achievements in all these areas in my lifetime.
释放你的创造力
我天生乐观，坚信人类凭创造力和聪明才智可以让世界变得更好，这一想法一直植根于我的内心深处。
记忆所及，从很小开始，我就热衷于接触新事物､挑战难题。可想而知，当上七年级的我第一次坐在计算机前是何等着迷，仿如进入忘我境地。那是一台锵锵作响的旧式机器，和我们今天的计算机完全不可相提并论，它几乎一无所用，但正是它改变了我的一生。
30年前，我和朋友保罗•艾伦创办微软时，我们梦想着能实现“在每个家庭､每张办公桌上都有一台计算机”，在那个大多数计算机体积犹如冰箱大的年代里，这听起来有点异想天开。但我们相信个人电脑将改变世界。今天看来果真如此。30年后，我仍然像七年级的时候那样为计算机而着迷。我相信计算机是我们用来满足好奇心及展现我们发明创造力的最神奇的工具——有了它们的帮助，即使是最聪明的人凭自身力量无法应对的难题都将迎刃而解。
就像我的朋友沃伦•巴菲特一样，我为每天都能做自己热爱的事情而感到无比幸运。他称之为“踢踏舞式工作”。我在微软的工作永远充满挑战，但使我一直坚持“踢踏舞式工作”的，是我们向人们展示新成果的时刻，当他们看到计算机能辨认笔迹､语音或者能存储值得保留一辈子的照片时就会赞不绝口——“我不敢相信个人电脑竟如此万能!”
但是，除了能用电脑做出很酷的事情之外，我们还能通过许多别的方式在工作中发挥自己的创造力和聪明才智，以改善我们的世界。全球仍有许许多多的人连基本的生存需求都未能解决。
我认为，我所拥有的大量财富也使我负有回馈社会的责任。我的妻子梅林达和我致力于为尽可能多的人改善健康和教育状况。
作为一个父亲，我认为，一个非洲孩子的夭折所引起的痛苦和悲伤丝毫不亚于其它地方的孩子的死亡；而要使这些孩子的命运发生翻天覆地的变化，其实并不用费太大力气。
我仍是一个坚定的乐观主义者，我坚信即使是世界级难题也有可能取得进展——其实这种事情每天都在发生。我们看到治疗致命疾病的新药､新的诊断器械不断出现。而且，发展中国家的健康问题也日益得到重视。我为医药､教育，当然还有技术发展的无限前景而欢欣鼓舞。我相信，凭借人类与生俱来的发明创造力和不畏艰难､坚韧不拔的品格，在我的有生之年，我们将在所有这些领域创造出可喜的成就。
