Bill Gates's personal site, with book reviews, reading lists, and posts on global health, climate, and his foundation's work.
HN links it for his book recommendations, which commenters treat as a reasonable signal that a book is worth reading.
Here's a list of all my current subscriptions, hope this helps you get started:
* brack3t:
http://brack3t.com/feeds/all.atom.xml
* CasJam:
http://casjam.com/feed
* Coding Horror:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/codinghorror
* dan shipper:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/danshipper
* Dave Winer:
http://scripting.com/rss.xml
* Doug Hellmann:
http://feeds.doughellmann.com/PyMOTW
* Eric Florenzano's Blog:
http://eflorenzano.com/atom.xml
* fuzzy notepad:
http://me.veekun.com/atom.xml
* Hack Things:
http://www.hackthings.com/feed/
* Hacker News:
https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
* Liam Kaufman:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/liamkaufman/uHFr
* MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories:
http://feeds.macrumors.com/MacRumors-All
* Nate's Tumble Log:
http://natekontny.com/rss
* Nathan Kontny:
http://ninjasandrobots.com/feed
* Nettuts+:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/nettuts-summary
* observation deck:
http://observationdeck.net/feed/
* PaulStamatiou.com - Tech News, Reviews and Guides:
http://paulstamatiou.com/posts.xml
* Python Zone - Everything for the Python & Django developer:
http://feeds.dzone.com/zones/python
* Signal vs. Noise:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/37signals/beMH
* Steve Corona:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/stevecorona?format=xml
* The Changelog » Python:
http://thechangelog.com/tagged/python/feed/
* The Gates Notes:
http://www.thegatesnotes.com/RSS
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One of Bill Gates' recommended books (1) was a great read:
"Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines" (2)
The very large and very slow rotating diesel engines used to power ships are incredibly efficient. Oil tankers run very slowly, gas a little faster, then bulk carriers, container ships (time value of those containers is higher than commodity oil and bulk, so they move) and fastest and least efficient of all are cruise ships. The size of some of those engines is fantastic.
It's really nerdy and awesome.
(1) http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Books/Personal/Prime-Movers-of-Globalization
(2) http://www.amazon.com/Prime-Movers-Globalization-History-Turbines-ebook/dp/B005FL8HOK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393404978&sr=8-1&keywords=prime+movers+of+globalization+the+history+and+impact+of+diesel+engines+and+gas+turbines
This is an article in a newspaper. What did you expect him to talk about?? It's something he's passionate about and the only reason he is in the newspaper is to publicise it. If you want to see other things he's interested in check out his blog[1] (The Gates Notes). He does posts on books he's reading (not all related to disease) and reviews them among other things.
[1]http://www.thegatesnotes.com
Bill Gates talks about energy (including Nuclear), and investments in the sector here (about 20 mins long) - http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Topics/Energy/Nuclear-Energy-After-Fukushima
He mentions his investment and interest in Terrapower briefly towards the end.
And another article about Gates' visit to China last year - http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Personal/In-China-Speeding-Toward-the-Future
Is this his library in the background?
http://i.imgur.com/iqvPs7N.jpg
edit: Apparently so, and here's his reading recommendations from 2013 (w/ same library in background):
http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Personal/Best-Books-2013
and more:
http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Books <- lots of reviews here
I'd like to see someone buy their way onto http://www.thegatesnotes.com/books
Although I don't always agree with Bill on whether a book is worth reading or not, it's a reasonable indicator that I'll find it interesting and intellectually stimulating.