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What the new Bill Gates documentary taught me about life
I recently watched the docuseries Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates on Netflix, and it kind of surprised me.
I’d expected it to be about how he founded and built the famous Microsoft, and many scenes in this documentary were, in fact, about something to do with coding and programming and computer stuff (which I have absolutely zero understanding of for the most part).
Anytime they explained core processing and all the other stuff Gates became a billionaire for developing and selling, it sounded like complete gibberish to me.
And yet, I was compelled to keep watching — and I’m glad I did, because it ended up being about much more than that.
I watched the entire 3-part series in succession, unable to stop myself.
There was much more to this person than I’d ever realized, and what I found out fascinated me. He wasn’t just a multi-billionaire, and he wasn’t just a computer geek, either.
Underneath the persona the media has built through its portrayal of him lies a very complex, caring, compassionate soul with a mind that works in mysterious ways.
