CLAM GEMS | Sharing Tales From Around the World
Why He Loves Distorted Portraits, Zombies, and Supernatural Shapes
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/Cover.jpeg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Raphaël Isvy, in his early thirties, is representative of the social-media-savvy next-generation art collectors. Owning around 150 artworks, the Paris-based art collector actively shares his latest ar...</div></div></div>
A fireside chat on climate and global development
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/94f0b4a6-2cee-42f3-99e1-d94341709fe4/20231016-ChatamHouse-TGN_Assets-001-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates shares his conversation with researcher and data scientist Hannah Ritchie on global health and development, climate change, and optimism.</div></div></div>
The world's newest weapon against malaria? Mosquitoes
<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>
The start-ups making robots a reality
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/e6de1094-e9f4-41bf-81a5-dfccf178f3d5/20240111-Robotics-TGN_Assets-002-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates explains the many use cases for robots in everyday life and profiles five start-ups and labs at the forefront of robotics innovation.</div></div></div>
My conversation with Sam Altman
<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>
Being a Collector Means Owning an Artwork Until It Gets Moldy
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/3W6A0109-copy.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Based in Guangzhou, Coobe and Sophia have built an artsy and eclectic home space with their contemporary art collection that include various mediums from sculpture to painting, from video to installat...</div></div></div>
Meet the teacher helping Deaf students navigate the world
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/b5cae1aa-e078-4840-b058-420abb48fceb/20230725-BacktoSchool-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Washington State Teacher of the Year Dana Miles uses real world scenarios to teach Deaf students how to advocate for themselves.</div></div></div>
Why Questlove and I believe plant-based meat is the future
<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>
We’re finally learning why countries excel at saving lives
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/468c9d41-75de-46f5-bcc0-4bc548813c8c/exemplars_2020_wide-feature_1200x580_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates writes about Exemplars in Global Health, a new program that is spreading the word about the most successful approaches to health.</div></div></div>
Makoy Samuel Yibi won’t stop until the world eradicates its next disease
<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>
AI is about to completely change how you use computers
<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>
Hannah Ritchie will make you optimistic about climate change
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/20dfd3a3-a937-4e17-a627-fb975ce3a629/UnconfuseMe_2024_Ep7_Social-Share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In the latest episode of my podcast, I talked to author and researcher Hannah Ritchie about why there are more reasons for hope than one might think.</div></div></div>
We Passed the Stage of Enjoying “Domestically”
<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>
Korean Collectors to Expect at the Buzzy Events in Seoul This Week
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/festure_LL.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Seoul is the city with the highest number of private contemporary art museums worldwide, while South Korea ranks third among countries, according to the second edition of PRIVATE ART MUSEUM REPORT pub...</div></div></div>
This scientist uses 80-year-old insects to help fight malaria
<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>
Can AI help close the education gap? Sal Khan thinks so
<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>
Lessons in lifesaving from Brazil
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/30ec12f4-0f25-443c-97f3-8dfab6e58f9d/20231208-LessonsFromBrazil-TGN_Assets-001-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates writes about the lessons in healthcare, development, and human capital that countries around the world can learn from Brazil.</div></div></div>
A surprising (and surprisingly optimistic) book on climate change
<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>
Great books, courses, and music for the holidays
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/669ef0d9-ad6a-4ef7-9f77-f412fe3c4033/20231114-HolidayList-SummaryPost-TGN_Assets-001-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>My annual year-end roundup of some of the best things I read, watched, and listened to. I even put together a playlist of great holiday songs.</div></div></div>
An essential guide to the building blocks of life
<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>