Well, jobs are a great thing. You have to be a bit careful: If you raise the minimum wage, youโre encouraging labor substitution and youโre going to go buy machines and automate things - or cause jobs to appear outside of that jurisdiction. And so within certain limits, you know, it does cause job destruction. If you really start pushing it, then youโre just making a huge trade-off.
Bill GatesIf you rely too much on the people in other countries and other companies, in a sense that's your brain and you are outsourcing your brain.
Bill GatesI know there's a farmer out there somewhere who never wants a PC and that's fine with me.
Bill GatesInvesting in innovation, which was my broad theme talking to [Warren Buffett ], that included health vaccines, it included energy and education.
Bill Gates