比尔盖茨推荐的2020 年夏季书单在疫情尚未远离的不确定的时候出台了，其中一本《大流感The Great Influenza》是对流感疫情1918年的大流感做历史性的比较，比尔盖茨认为这本书是一个很好的提醒，尽管医学更进步了，现代人仍面临诸多挑战。其中只有《云图Cloud Atlas》是六个故事组成的小说，据悉而且已被拍成了电影。六个故事的主角各有各自生存的危机故事，人物有医生，音乐作曲家，记者，出版商，复制人女孩，末日时代生存在残余文明小岛的男孩，内容丰富离奇，看来比较有趣适合夏季闲览,。其他三本诸如调整心理的犹太人幸存者，高层CEO如何领导迪士尼过度变革，诺贝尔经济奖得主谈各国如何面临世界的困难时期，不知是比尔盖茨老了，还是精彩好书缺缺，书都有些老调重弹的味道提不起胃口，不过青菜萝卜各人喜爱，呵呵。
《选择The Choice》, by Dr. Edith Eva Eger.
This book is partly a memoir
and partly a guide to processing trauma. Eger was only sixteen years old when
she and her family got sent to Auschwitz. After surviving unbelievable horrors,
she moved to the United States and became a therapist. Her unique background
gives her amazing insight, and I think many people will find comfort right now
from her suggestions on how to handle difficult situations.
《云图Cloud Atlas》, by David Mitchell.
This is the kind of novel
you’ll think and talk about for a long time after you finish it. The plot is a
bit hard to explain, because it involves six inter-related stories that take
place centuries apart (including one I particularly loved about a young
American doctor on a sailing ship in the South Pacific in the mid-1800s). But
if you’re in the mood for a really compelling tale about the best and worst of
humanity, I think you’ll find yourself as engrossed in it as I was.
《生命之旅The Ride of a Lifetime》, by Bob Iger.
This is one of the best
business books I’ve read in several years. Iger does a terrific job explaining
what it’s really like to be the CEO of a large company. Whether you’re looking
for business insights or just an entertaining read, I think anyone would enjoy
his stories about overseeing Disney during one of the most transformative times
in its history.
《大流感The Great Influenza》, by John M. Barry.
We’re living through
an unprecedented time right now. But if you’re looking for a historical
comparison, the 1918 influenza pandemic is as close as you’re going to get.
Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the
deadliest outbreaks in human history. Even though 1918 was a very different
time from today, The Great Influenza is a good reminder that we’re still
dealing with many of the same challenges.
《困难时期的好经济学 Good Economics for Hard Times》, by Abhijit V. Banerjee and
Esther Duflo.
Banerjee and Duflo won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic
Sciences last year, and they’re two of the smartest economists working today.
Fortunately for us, they’re also very good at making economics accessible to the
average person. Their newest book takes on inequality and political divisions
by focusing on policy debates that are at the forefront in wealthy countries
like the United States.
