What's Next: The Future with Bill Gates

Watched the first two episodes and am confused at best, whilst Bull does attempt to focus on relevant topical issues, the content and discussion on those topics is a very light, instead the program seems to be more intent on portraying Bill as a nice guy, concerned humerous man and all round good egg!

But that's not the point of such programs, if he wants to focus on the serious issues then you'd expect to hardly see his face on the screen at all, it would be more those he's interviewing or contributing plus video clips about the topic. Compare this to a David Attenborough program and you'll understand what I mean.

Instead we seem to be invited to be a fly in the wall in a 'typical' day in the life of BG as he swans around meeting Uber wealthy people, conversing in language that's hardly common place, and almost laughing constantly whilst talking about serious topics. For example he brings up all the criticisms we know about like vaccines, land, etc, but doesn't really say much to elaborate on them.... so why not just say why he's buying up so much land, he'll not be around much longer in the bigger scheme of things so what's the philanthropic objective!

To say it's all a bit weird is putting it mildly... it's creepy! This seems to be trying to a PR shot in the arm for Bill, the question is why should he be concerned about doing that..... he's amongst the wealthiest people on the planet and likes to be seen to be doing his philanthropic bit for humanity, but he doesn't need a public image to do that..... just get on with it silently!

Hasn't helped Bill's image at all for me and I'm not much more informed about the subject matter than I was before watching this!

I am exactly Bill's age. I am a retired librarian and IT professional. But I'm by no means wealthy (bless Social Security and Medicare). So in short I don't have a lot in common with him other than our age.

Nevertheless I pay attention. I know what his Foundation has been doing. I watched his Town Halls with Anderson Cooper during the pandemic. And we were fortunate to have him at that time. Many have forgotten how scary it was. The lonely, secluded deaths in the hospitals. The freezer truck morgues. The empty shelves at the grocery. The loneliness.

It is really hard as you get old to keep an open mind and preserve your sense of curiosity. Doing those things can be exhausting.

But Bill shows us precisely (and with no qualms as to how he appears) that it is good to be curious and to be open minded, even if it is hard and tiring. He is energetic in his pursuit of reality.

It's good for us to think and to rethink. And then to think again.

This series is for sure not what I expected. I did not expect Bill to interview people like James Cameron and Bernie Sanders. I was very much impressed and envious of his path. I'd love to sit in a room with Cameron and talk AI.

I thought it was interesting watching him sit in a room and listen to entrepreneurs talk about AI. He took notes with paper and pen. The old fashion way and the way I truly believe is the best way: paper to pen to fingers to hand to arm to eyes to brain. I think that path sticks better than typing.

Also, there really are no answers provided here. These episodes are meant to be thought provoking discussions. They are meant perhaps to move us forward on finding solutions.

These solutions and life itself are fluid and changing (even if we don't like change). Bill is good at both adopting and adapting. It is how we will survive and maybe save our planet.

As I mentioned I am exactly Bill's age. I am at the point in life where my medical issues are bringing my end closer and closer. I am glad we still have Bill. And that he's willing to put himself out there as he continues to learn and continues to be a force of good on this planet.

I don't mind Bill Gates and I think this type of content is interesting. But... you can tell that this is meant to have a fairly political message in it at the same time. And it happens to be released right before an election. You can tell by the people they interview, clips they play and words they use.

I wish they would make unbiased and neutral.

It's hard to make anything nowadays that doesn't have a political message built into it. They are clever in this and try to hide it but it's easy to sniff out.

My review would be higher if this wasn't political and trying to bury a political message inside of it but unfortunately that's the route they took and it ruins the doc for me.

It's a shame self-serving billionaires who compete with Bill Gates businesses and authoritarian populist presidential candidates like Trump have normalized hate against smart people who have proven they can improve the world & want to continue doing it. They want you to hate science that can help you & are jealous that a man finds a way to improve the world and profit on it at the same time which is the best way for things to work in a capitalist world. Trump has at least exposed how huge a percent of people are impressionable suggestible myopic idiots. The irony of it all is Gates will improve the lives of the people who have been disinformed into hating him.

First I have to say IGNORE THE HATERS!!! If you read the reviews so far they are about Gates himself NOT the series. People leaving reviews need to focus on why people read the reviews, and that's to find out if the series is any good or not. I can dislike a person with everything in me. But if they say "putting your hand in the fire will burn you" that doesn't mean they're wrong. I also wouldn't just instantly dismiss them either, as these 'hosts' pretty much are just the talking heads not the researchers, writer's, etc. Still with me? Alright, let's review the series now.

The series itself is thought provoking and at times pretty insightful. That being said, it's nothing special to write home about but isn't terrible either. Honestly, it's a series touching on issues in a way that tries to be as middle of the road as possible. I believe the approach is to try not to alienate any one "side" of things. That being said, this is where it tends to loose out, instead of going all in the topics the series holds a lot back in their attempts to not upset anyone and not be political. While that in and of itself is a good thing in this day in age, it causes the series to not go far enough on the issues it's discussing.

I'd say this is a good series to play in the background while doing something, and a better series to watch as you're settling in for the night. Engaging enough to keep you interested, but also not enough to overstimulate you or really draw your attention from other things.