BATB score: 10/10 my heart cries. That's the funny thing about life. A concept of delayed gratification where one suffers for X+ years for X times more pay, more benefits, or nirvana: associates to partners, minions to C-levels, students to doctors. Not knowing that we could just die a few steps before the finish line. And how now to live when you don't know whether you have <1, =1, >1 year left. This unknown is the most depressing. my heart cries to know that one day his dau

BATB score: 3.14/10 Dear Bill Gates, this recommended book of yours resembles more of a doctorate research paper in conditional probability and flawed predictions. 🧐 Best for: anyone pursuing a PhD in Probability Theory Best as: it's a research paper with over 450-page explanation on Bayes' Theorem about prediction and probability split into 13 life examples/chapters. Best to: you know how some things you've learnt at school does not make any difference in your life? Before

BATB score: 4/10 This book is way smarter than my brain-grade. #BillGatesReco #GatesNotes 🧐 I am like an aspiring junior highschool A-class sweetheart vs a suited-up PhD who spent his whole life understanding the complexity of p-values doubting his meaning of life (at times) but yet 8 years too late for any career shift. #yepyou Laffer curve, utils - law of diminishing returns, Bayesian inference, Condorcet paradox, xxx, yyy, zzz. Best for: number lovers who get a sensual ki

BATB score: 9.99/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ whaa they've divorced. Melinda Gates, what you've done and shared is eye/heart-opening to how privileged and ignorant we all can be. The stories, the thought process, the bottom-up methodology, and the passion is heartfelt. #philantrophy Best for: "When you have more than you need at a material level, what's next? Where do our gifts connect with a need in the world?" - Melinda Gates #fangirlfainting Best as: a reminder that there are so many more im

BATB score: 7/10 🤯🌎🥶 Introduction to Climate Change for Dummies by the one and only billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates (gates, gates gates) 📣 Best to: remember only two numbers: 51 billion is how many tons of greenhouse gases the world typically adds to the atmosphere every years aka where we are today; and ZERO greenhouse gases emission is what we need to aim for to survive Best for: you know how Bill Gates predicted an epidemic virus that will kill millions in his 20

BATB score: 6/10 😷 extremely heavy deep dive analysis on the pandemic that has happened and any future pandemic to happen 😴 definitely too heavy for the general public’s brains Best for: policy makers, WHO personnels, NGO leaders, ministry of health managers, and Bill Gates’ mega rich friends who are so influential that they can make a difference in this world Best to: Bill Gates to do an 18-minutes TedTalk on the content of this book instead to better appeal to the general