After Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University, Harvard University awarded him a doctorate. August 2007 1 The following is a translation of Bill Gates' speech at the graduation ceremony of Harvard University on June 7 this year. In it, he talked about many things, including his school days, his dropout experience, and the most meaningful thing in his life. I think the content is very good, which completely changed my view of Bill Gates, so I spent two nights translating it, hoping to let more people see it. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Bill Gates' speech at the graduation ceremony of Harvard University. On June 7th, 2007, Ruan Yifeng translated President Bok, former President Rudenstine, incoming President Faust, members of Harvard Company and Supervisory Committee, members of facilities, parents, especially graduates: Dear President Bok, former President Rudenstine, incoming President Faust, members of Harvard Group, directors of the Board of Supervisors, teachers, parents, students: I am waiting. I've been waiting for 30 years, and now I can finally say, "Dad, I always tell you." I want to thank Harvard for giving me this timely honor. I will change my job next year ... it would be great if I finally have a college degree on my resume. I want to thank Harvard University for giving me this honor at this time. Next year, I'm going to change my job (note: I'm retiring from Microsoft) ... It's really great to finally write on my resume that I have a college degree. I applaud today's graduates because they took a more direct path to get their degrees. For me, I'm glad that the Harvard School Newspaper called me "Harvard's most successful dropout". I think it made me a farewell speaker of my own special class ... I recognized the best of all losers. I am happy for all the students present today. It is much easier for you to get a degree than for me. The newspaper of Harvard University called me "the most successful dropout in the history of Harvard University". I think this may qualify me to speak on behalf of my students ... among all the losers, I did the best. But I also want to be considered as the person who let steve ballmer drop out of business school. I am a bad influence. That's why I was invited to speak at your's graduation ceremony. If I speak at the orientation meeting in your, I will remind you that I let steve ballmer drop out of Harvard Business School. Therefore, I am a bad influence person. That's why I was invited to speak at your's graduation ceremony. If I had given a speech at the welcoming ceremony in your, far fewer people would have graduated here today. Harvard was an extraordinary experience for me. Academic life is fascinating. I used to sit in on many courses that I didn't sign up for. Life is really great. I live in Radcliffe's Courier apartment. There are always many people discussing things in my dormitory late at night, because everyone knows that I am not worried about getting up in the morning. That's how I became the leader of anti-social groups. We hold each other tightly to prove our rejection of all these social people. For me, studying at Harvard is an extraordinary experience. Campus life is very interesting. I often attend classes that I didn't attend. Harvard's extracurricular life is also great, and I live a carefree life in Radcliffe. Every day, many people in my dormitory stay up until midnight to discuss all kinds of things. Because everyone knows that I never consider getting up early the next day. This made me the head of those restless students on campus. We stuck together and made a gesture of rejecting all normal students. Radcliffe is a good place to live. There are more women there, and most of the boys are science and engineering students. This combination gives me the best chance, if you know what I mean. I learned a sad lesson here: improving your chances does not guarantee success. Radcliffe is a good place to live. There are more girls than boys, and most boys are science and engineering students. This situation creates the best opportunity for me, if you know what I mean. Unfortunately, it is here that I learned a sad lesson in life: a big chance doesn't mean you will succeed. One of my most unforgettable memories at Harvard occurred in 1975 1 month, when I called a company in Albuquerque from the Courier building, which had started to manufacture the world's first personal computer. I offered to sell them the software. My most unforgettable memory at Harvard happened in June 5438+0975. At that time, I called a company in Albuquerque from my dormitory building, which was already making the world's first personal computer. I offered to sell them the software. I'm worried that they will realize that I'm just a student living in the dormitory and then hang up. On the contrary, they said, "We're not ready yet, come back to us in a month," which is a good thing because we haven't written the software yet. From that moment on, I worked day and night on this little extra credit project, which marked the end of my college education and the beginning of an unforgettable trip to Microsoft. I'm afraid they'll find out that I'm a student living in a dormitory and hang up. But they said, "We're not ready yet. Come and see us again in a month. " This is good news, because the software has not been written yet. From then on, I worked day and night on this small extracurricular project, which led to the end of my student life and the beginning of an extraordinary trip to Microsoft. My deepest memory of Harvard is that it is full of vitality and wisdom. It may be exciting, daunting and sometimes even frustrating, but it is always full of challenges. This is an amazing privilege-although I left early, my years at Harvard, the friends I made and the ideas I studied changed me. Anyway, my memory of Harvard is mainly related to abundant energy and intellectual activities. Life at Harvard is pleasant, stressful and sometimes even frustrating, but it is always full of challenges. Living in Harvard is an attractive special treatment ... although I left early, my experience here, the friends I made here and some ideas I cultivated here have changed me forever. But seriously looking back ... I do have a great regret. But if I think about it now, I do have a real regret. When I left Harvard, I didn't really realize the terrible inequality in the world-the shocking inequality in health, wealth and opportunity, which forced millions of people to live in despair. When I left Harvard, I didn't realize how unequal the world was. The inequality of human health, wealth and opportunity is terrible, which makes countless people forced to live in despair. I learned a lot of new ideas in economics and politics at Harvard. I have a great understanding of the progress of science. I learned a lot of new ideas in economics and politics at Harvard. I also learned a lot about the new progress in science. But the greatest progress of mankind lies not in its discoveries, but in how to apply these discoveries to reduce inequality. Whether through democracy, strong public education, high-quality medical care or extensive economic opportunities, fair reduction is the greatest achievement of mankind. However, the greatest progress of mankind comes not from these discoveries, but from those discoveries that help reduce human inequality. No matter what means-democratic system, sound public education system, high-quality medical care, or broad economic opportunities-reducing inequality has always been the greatest achievement of mankind. When I left the campus, I knew little about the fact that millions of young people in this country were deprived of education opportunities. I know nothing about millions of people living in unsafe poverty and disease in developing countries. When I left campus, I didn't know that there were millions of young people in this country who couldn't get an education. I don't know, there are countless people living in unspeakable poverty and diseases in developing China. It took me decades to discover these things. You graduates came to Harvard at different times. You know more about the inequality in this world than the previous students. During your years here, I hope you have the opportunity to think-in this era of accelerated technology development-how can we finally beat them in the stock market and we can solve them. Dear students, you came to Harvard at a different time than I did. You know more about how unequal the world is than your former students. During my study at Harvard, I hope you have thought about a question, that is, how do we finally deal with this inequality, and how do we solve this problem in this era of accelerated development of new technologies. For the sake of discussion, imagine that you have a few hours a week and a few dollars a month to donate to a cause-you want to spend these hours and money on the places that have the greatest impact on saving and improving lives. Where will you spend it? For the convenience of discussion, please imagine if you can donate some time every week and some money every month-you hope these time and money can be used to save lives and improve human life. Where would you choose? For Melinda and me, the challenge is the same: how do we do the most good things for the most people with the resources we have? For Melinda and I, this is also the problem we face: how can we make the best use of the resources we have? When we were discussing this problem, Melinda and I read an article about millions of children dying every year in poor countries from diseases that we did harm in this country a long time ago. Measles, malaria, pneumonia, hepatitis B, yellow fever. Rotavirus, a disease I have never heard of, kills 500 thousand children every year, none of which is in the United States. During the discussion, Melinda and I read an article saying that in those poor countries, millions of children die every year from diseases that are no longer a problem in the United States. Measles, malaria, pneumonia, hepatitis B, yellow fever, and a rotavirus I have never heard of. These diseases kill 500 thousand children every year, but there is no death in the United States.