Man With a PLAN

Vanities/My Desk

"The world is paying attention to the problem," BILL GATES says of the climate crisis, "and we're setting big goals for dealing with it." Now the philanthropist and activist has written a book that details his vision for a way forward

Keziah Weir

1. BRIDGE MAGAZINES

"You have to try to communicate with your partner"— for Gates, this is often Warren Buffett—"using nothing but your bids. It's fascinating."

2. HIS NEW BOOK, HOW TOAVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER

" Dealing with climate change requires solving some easy problems and some

hard ones, and we can't just deal with the easy ones."

3. PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM

"For Melinda and for me, what it really recognized was the work of all the health care workers and teachers whom we're fortunate to be able to support."

4. HOLOLENS 2 MIXED REALITY HEADSET

"The uses go way beyond gaming and entertainment, such as training people by simulating the use of new products."

5. DESK CHAIR AND WORD CLOCK

"I don't know that I have a design aesthetic. I like this chair (Melinda gave it to me) and this clock (a gift from one of our kids), and they're special because of the people who gave them to me."

6. BURGERMASTER REGULAR ORDER

"A burger and fries is still my favorite meal, though I've cut back because beef is responsible for a lot of greenhouse gases."

7. BOOK STACK

"David MacKay does a brilliant job of breaking down a complex topic into its component parts and explaining them in a way that anyone can understand."