The 700-page work of non-fiction isn’t exactly a quick read, Gates admits, “but please put this one on your reading list to get to someday,” he says. “It is the most inspiring book I have ever read.”
That’s particularly impressive given that Gates spends an hour reading every day and gets through about 50 books a year. “Reading is my favorite way to learn about a new topic,” he says.
The class of 2017 seems to be listening. The Washington Post reported that Pinker’s book is now “surging on Amazon,” and, “as of Tuesday morning, the book had risen 605,000 percent to claim the number-two spot on Amazon’s movers-and-shakers list.”
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