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It was Bill's sophomore year at Harvard
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Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates

It was Bill's sophomore year at Harvard when Paul handed him a copy of Popular Electronics...

It was Bill's sophomore year at Harvard when Paul handed him a copy of Popular Electronics magazine. On the cover, it featured
a now legendary computer. It looks like the revolution
is starting without us

Full Transcript

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It was Bill's sophomore year at Harvard
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when Paul handed him a copy
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of Popular Electronics magazine.
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On the cover, it featured a now legendary computer.
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It looks like the revolution is starting without us.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:14
Uploaded
Jun 18, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, biography

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Movie Summary

A documentary that tells Bill Gates' life story as he pursues solutions to some of the world's most complex problems.
S01 • E01 In Dakar, most human waste pours into canals - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:11
In Dakar, most human waste pours into canals
S01 • E02 Bill and Paul set out to write software for the new machine. - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:12
Bill and Paul set out to write software for the new machine.
S01 • E03 He was branded a monopolist. - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:11
He was branded a monopolist.
S01 • E01 Just as Bill asked Doulaye to help him reinvent the toilet, - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:15
Just as Bill asked Doulaye to help him reinvent the toilet,
S01 • E02 When Paul flew to Albuquerque to demo the new software - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:17
When Paul flew to Albuquerque to demo the new software
S01 • E03 They have done almost everything they can think of - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:04
They have done almost everything they can think of
S01 • E03 The Justice Department is stepping in, - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:09
The Justice Department is stepping in,
S01 • E02 Paul sits down, - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:04
Paul sits down,
S01 • E01 They were like, "I gotta filter this somehow." - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:08
They were like, "I gotta filter this somehow."
S01 • E03 We won't tolerate any coercion by dominant companies - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:06
We won't tolerate any coercion by dominant companies
S01 • E03 They had 98% share of personal computer operating systems. - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:04
They had 98% share of personal computer operating systems.
S01 • E02 Everyone watched as Paul loaded the code into the Altair. - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:12
Everyone watched as Paul loaded the code into the Altair.
S01 • E03 If monopoly means extremely high market share - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:07
If monopoly means extremely high market share
S01 • E03 If it means that we had an unchallengeable position - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:09
If it means that we had an unchallengeable position
S01 • E02 It worked perfectly the very first time. - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:04
It worked perfectly the very first time.
S01 • E03 So it sounds like I’m being, you know, weasely, - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:07
So it sounds like I’m being, you know, weasely,
S01 • E02 No one had ever successfully run - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:16
No one had ever successfully run
S01 • E01 And so I started looking at it, saying, - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:29
And so I started looking at it, saying,
S01 • E03 So, I don’t like to be weasely, but the honest answer requires - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:08
So, I don’t like to be weasely, but the honest answer requir...
S01 • E03 Company president and Gates' longtime friend, Steve Ballmer - Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates 00:14
Company president and Gates' longtime friend, Steve Bal...