<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/d67395c9-1fa8-42be-b063-81b950eead36/summer-list_2023_summary_social-share_1200x630_02.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Each year, Bill Gates publishes his summer book recommendations. This year he added a Netflix series and a few dozen songs.</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/2d836797-ae55-4d39-9eb0-edd725140cd5/mw_2023_oxitech_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>A highly invasive, urban mosquito is driving up malaria cases in Africa. But a new technology that uses mosquitoes as allies may offer a powerful solution.</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/b09f7525-e0e7-4014-8b2a-9a8ecc2936dd/20231201-COP28-TGN_Assets-001-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>At the COP World Climate Action Summit, I spoke about how innovation is the key to tackling emissions and improving human welfare at the same time.</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/ea33ef06-ce1b-40e9-a4bc-f52a6fd4657a/UnconfuseMe_2023_Ep6_Social-Share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In the sixth episode of my podcast, I sat down with Sam Altman to talk about where AI is headed next and what humanity will do once it gets there.</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/05ba24d4-c9e6-43d8-9c18-beff53bb0a73/20231023-AI_Agents-TGN_Assets-001-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In 5 years, agents will be able to give health care advice, tutor students, do your shopping, help workers be far more productive, and much more</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/97d9c065-e120-457a-9e32-b4ccef2927ab/20230629-AI_Concerns-wide-feature_1200x580.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates explains the risks associated with AI and argues that they are manageable. Innovations often create new risks that need to be controlled.</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/Feature2.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>From 1 to 6 April, immediately after the Hong Kong Art Month this March, Poly Auction Hong Kong is going to present the Spring Auctions at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. Led by Yoshitomo Nara’s “Acid M. J.” a...</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/32fd55f6-d567-4eb2-80e8-a6082513320c/summer-list_2023_summer-mix_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates shares his soundtrack to the summer that includes music from Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, the Beatles, Vampire Weekend, Adele, U2, and more.</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/068268cf-f33e-4bac-a4de-c21811610e4b/unconfuse-me_2023_questlove_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In the third episode of my podcast, I sat down with Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson to talk about the future of food, our Wordle scores, and more.</div></div></div>
<div>This new series “The Voice of Institutions in the Wave of Openings” co-created by LARRY'S LIST and CUPPAR aims to jointly present diverse topics in the Chinese contemporary art world from the perspect...</div>
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/2336c1ee-cec1-4b5f-b0b4-1130066f2c4b/20230804-HITF-MaraLawniczak-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>I wrote a Heroes in the Field post about Dr. Mara Lawniczak, an evolutionary geneticist in the UK who is fighting malaria by studying the genes of mosquitoes.</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/221210_AAA8568_HR-copy1.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Collectors Matthias Arndt and Tiffany Wood aim to collect works that create disturbance and allow for a reassessment of lines of questioning and understanding. With the Arndt Foundation (formerly Berl...</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/image003-1.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Evening Sale on 6 October to be Led by Yoshitomo Nara, Nicolas Party, Liu Ye, Zao Wou-Ki and Cai Guo-Qiang Day Sale on 7 October to Feature Strong Examples by In-Demand and Emerging Artists Multipl...</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/908ed82a-741f-4264-b256-eff1190d6231/unconfuse-me_2023_mcwhorter_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In the fourth episode of my podcast, I asked linguist, professor, and author John McWhorter to help me better understand the quirks of language.</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/aae09f0c-94a6-4d20-9e36-849f77d666ac/20240124-HITF-Yibi-TGN_Assets-001-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Guinea worm once infected 3.5 million people every year. Thanks to heroes like Makoy, that number dropped to 13 last year.</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/7187fd4f-f2ec-447e-a702-7578f96e6634/unconfuse-me_2023_social-share_sal-khan_1200x630_02.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In the second episode of my new podcast, I sat down with the founder of Khan Academy to talk about how artificial intelligence will transform education.</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/e2aca10a-fb4c-47d8-8987-118451c1b023/20231023-TheSongOfTheCell-TGN_Assets-001-wide-feature_1200x580.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>“The Song of the Cell” proves that Siddhartha Mukherjee is one of the best science writers working today. I wish I had read this book in school.</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/083aca96-6b0d-4960-ba25-751ab29ded11/20231114-HolidayList-NotTheEndOfTheWorld-TGN_Assets-001-wide-feature_1200x580.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates writes a rave review of Hannah Ritchie’s new book, Not the End of the World, which he calls the perfect antidote to climate doomsday-ism.</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/ed8351c5-32c7-4665-b020-63efb00ebfd1/mw_2023_firmenich_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Mosquitoes use their sense of smell to find new victims. A Swiss fragrance company called dsm-firmenich is hoping to thwart them.</div></div></div>
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/ef869530-a638-480b-a005-b2e28afb0dbe/State%20of%20the%20Transition_2023_social-share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Although emissions are continuing to go up, there are more reasons to be optimistic than many people realize. Here are some innovations that will help.</div></div></div>