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On September 25, at the Forbes 400 Charity Summit in 2022, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced that his private foundation might run for another 25 years, during which time he spent all his money.

"my goal for the Gates Foundation is to run for another 25 years," Gates said in a keynote conversation with Randall Lane, chief content officer of Forbes magazine. "in the meantime, we will try to eradicate infectious diseases and all the diseases that make the world unfair, at least to reduce their incidence to a very low level."

Just two months ago, Gates donated $20 billion to his private foundation, one of the largest donations in philanthropy history. He also promised to donate another $20 billion "sometime in a few years' time" and continue to donate after that until he disappears from the billionaire list.

In 25 years, Gates will be 91, and his ex-wife Melinda (if she is still involved in the foundation by then) will be 83. "Melinda and I are likely to help ensure that the plan is on track during this time," Gates said. we think it makes sense to spend all our money during this period. so we will donate more and more money and promise to raise the level of spending. "

As early as 2015, Gates predicted a pandemic in the world and became world-famous for his views on COVID-19. He says he still has no solutions to misinformation and conspiracy theories. Some people even approached him in the street, yelling at him and accusing him of stalking people with microchips.

"polarization and lack of trust are very serious problems," Gates said. "I like to make money and killed millions of people with vaccines," said Robert Kennedy's best-selling book last year. "it's crazy that this kind of book can also be a bestseller!"

Conspiracy theories related to the epidemic seem to be disappearing as the epidemic recedes. "I have a team that tracks content on the Internet, including talking about things about me," Gates said. during the outbreak, 95% of the content was related to conspiracy theory. but it's calmed down now. "

Gates expects his foundation to continue to focus on health care and disease eradication, even if he has been invited to other areas of philanthropy. "We have a great team, but we are not adding new charity business," he said. "We just need to continue to focus more deeply on current areas, including helping to eradicate malaria, AIDS, measles, polio and so on."

This year, the disease made a comeback in several countries by detecting polio in waste water. Despite these setbacks, Gates hopes to eradicate the disease in the next three or four years.

Gates also talked about his foundation's efforts in gene therapy, which aims to cure about 100000 patients with sickle cell disease with an one-off injection that costs about $2000. Using the same technology, the Gates Foundation is planning to develop a similar AIDS treatment, which he estimates could take up to a decade to develop. In total, the foundation has invested about $600 million in these efforts.

A lingering question about the future of the Gates Foundation is the relationship between Gates and his ex-wife Melinda, who is also the foundation's co-chair. At present, Gates sees no reason to worry. "We are completely transparent to the outside world, and we are unlikely to go our separate ways in philanthropy, which is very small and almost impossible to happen," he said. "

However, just in case, the Gates Foundation has made a contingency plan. "Melinda and I have discussed this," Gates said. in the past few years, we have never disagreed on the affairs of the foundation. we have introduced new trustees and the management transition of the foundation seems to be very smooth. "

Despite the poor performance of the United States in fighting the epidemic, slow progress in dealing with the global climate crisis and the high possibility of another large-scale outbreak in the next 20 years, Gates remains optimistic about the world's prospects. "pessimism represents a lack of foresight," he said, citing progress in a number of areas, from reducing malnutrition and obesity to the development of an HIV vaccine to the introduction of "green cement" to reduce industrial carbon emissions.

For Gates, more attention will be focused on the crises the world is facing, which means that more people are concerned about and trying to solve them. Finally, he asked the audience a simple question: "would you rather live in 20 years or 100 years ago?"

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