Our 2019 Annual Letter

------=_Part_151677574_1780766060.1549993083892 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_151677575_1727561340.1549993083892" ------=_Part_151677575_1727561340.1549993083892 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gates Notes Insiders Newsletter [ [ [ [ View Online [ | Send to a Friend [ma= ilto:Enter%20an%20email?subject=3DYour%20Subject%20Line&body=3DThought%20yo= u%20might%20be%20interested%20in%20this%20 etter] [ February 12, 2019 | The Insider Edition Our 2019 Annual Letter [ By Bill and Melinda Gates [ [ This is an excerpt from our 2019 Annual Letter. You can read the full lette= r here [. How would you describe 2018? Was it what you expected? We would probably say no. From especially devastating natural disasters on = the one hand to record numbers of women campaigning for office on the other= , 2018 felt to us like a series of surprises. The world looking backward fr= om today is very different from what we pictured a couple years ago looking= forward. A benefit of surprises is that they=E2=80=99re often a prod to action. It c= an gnaw at people to realize that the realities of the world don=E2=80=99t = match their expectations for it. Some surprises help people see that the st= atus quo needs to change. Some surprises underscore that transformation is = happening already. Twenty-five years ago, we read an article that said hundreds of thousands o= f kids in poor countries were dying from diarrhea. That surprise helped cry= stallize our values. We believe in a world where innovation is for everyone= =E2=80=94where no child dies from a disease it=E2=80=99s possible to preven= t. But what we saw was a world still shaped by inequity. That discovery was one of the most important steps in our journey to philan= thropy. We were surprised, then we were outraged, then we were activated. There have been good surprises, too. When we first started learning about m= alaria, we thought the world would never make real headway on the disease u= ntil someone invented a long-acting vaccine. But thanks to bed nets and oth= er measures, malaria deaths are down 42 percent since 2000. In this year=E2=80=99s annual letter, we=E2=80=99re highlighting nine more = things that have surprised us along this journey. Some worry us. Others ins= pire us. All of them are prodding us to action. We hope they do the same fo= r you, because that=E2=80=99s how the world gets better. * Africa is the youngest continent. [ * At-home DNA tests can help prevent premature birth. [ 5PS4] * The world will build an entire New York City every month for 40 years. [h= ttps://b-gat.es/2BlUAZG] * Data can be sexist. [ * You can learn a lot about processing your anger from teenage boys. [https= ://b-gat.es/2DYCcYI] * There=E2=80=99s a nationalist case for globalism. [ to] * Toilets haven=E2=80=99t changed in a century. [ * Textbooks are becoming obsolete. [ * Mobile phones are most powerful in the hands of the world=E2=80=99s poore= st women. [ Want to learn more about these surprises? Read our full Annual Letter at GatesLetter.com [. [ [ [ [ [ =C2=A9 2019 The Gates Notes LLC Unsubscribe [ 0d42b18f094e3d681be9cf/contact-86362d4f36ade61180f45065f38a7b21-0b5e0d09048= 143da9c42ce2ac394b2b6/gevfgenzonyqjva45/tznvy/pbz] ------=_Part_151677575_1727561340.1549993083892 Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We Didn=E2=80=99t See This Coming = = [3D"Logo"](3D".=) [3D"Logo"](3D".=) [3D"Logo"](3D".=) [3D"Logo"](3D".=) [View Online](3D" | [Send to a Friend](3D"mailto:Ent=) [=3D"Logo"](3D" February 12, 20= 19 | The Insider Edition =20 [Our 2= 019 Annual Letter](3D") =20 [By Bill and Melin= da Gates](3D") =20 [3D"Our](3D") =09 This is an excerpt from our 2019 Annual Letter.= [You can read the full l= etter here](3D". How would you describe 2018? Was it what you expecte= d? =20 =09 =09 We would probably say no. From especially devastatin= g natural disasters on the one hand to record numbers of women campaigning = for office on the other, 2018 felt to us like a series of surprises. The wo= rld looking backward from today is very different from what we pictured a c= ouple years ago looking forward. =20 =09 =09 =09 =09 A benefit of surprises is that they=E2=80=99re often= a prod to action. It can gnaw at people to realize that the realities of t= he world don=E2=80=99t match their expectations for it. Some surprises help= people see that the status quo needs to change. Some surprises underscore = that transformation is happening already.=20 =09 Twenty-five years ago, we read an article that said = hundreds of thousands of kids in poor countries were dying from diarrhea. T= hat surprise helped crystallize our values. We believe in a world where inn= ovation is for everyone=E2=80=94where no child dies from a disease it=E2=80= =99s possible to prevent. But what we saw was a world still shaped by inequ= ity. =20 =09 =09 That discovery was one of the most important steps in= our journey to philanthropy. We were surprised, then we were outraged, the= n we were activated. =20 =09 =09 There have been good surprises, too. When we first star= ted learning about malaria, we thought the world would never make real head= way on the disease until someone invented a long-acting vaccine. But thanks= to bed nets and other measures, malaria deaths are down 42 percent since 2= 000.=20 =09 =09 In this year=E2=80=99s annual letter, we=E2=80=99re hig= hlighting nine more things that have surprised us along this journey. Some = worry us. Others inspire us. All of them are prodding us to action. We hope= they do the same for you, because that=E2=80=99s how the world gets better= . =20 =09 - [=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09 Africa is the youngest continent.](3D"=) = > =09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09- [=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09 At-home DNA tests can help prevent premature bi= rth.](3D" =09=09=09=09=09- [=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09 The world will build an entire New York City ev= ery month for 40 years.](3D" =09=09=09- [=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09 Data can be sexist.](3D" =09 =09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09 =09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09- [=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09 You can learn a lot about processing your anger= from teenage boys.](3D" =09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09 - [=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09 There=E2=80=99s a nationalist case for globalis= m.](3D") =09- [=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09 Toilets haven=E2=80=99t changed in a century.](3D" - [=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09 Textbooks are becoming obsolete.](3D" - [=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09 Mobile phones are most powerful in the hands of= the world=E2=80=99s poorest women.](3D" =09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09 Wan= t to learn more about these surprises? [Read our full Annual Letter at GatesLetter.com](3D"). =20 =20 =20 =20 = [=3D"Logo"](3D" [3D"Logo"](3D") [3D"Logo"](3D".=) [3D"Logo"](3D".=) [3D"Logo"](3D".=) =C2=A9 2019 The Gates Notes LLC [Unsubscribe=](3D") ------=_Part_151677575_1727561340.1549993083892-- ------=_Part_151677574_1780766060.1549993083892--