Netflix has released a new three-part docuseries attempting to peer into the mind of billionaire Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates. Aptly titled Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates， the three-hour series ebbs and flows between Gates’s upbringing in affluent Seattle， the founding of Microsoft， and the present public health work he and Melinda Gates are doing with their namesake foundation.

Each of the three episodes has moments worth watching， including the first—a non-glamorous hour of television that turns discussions of human fecal matter into an educational look at the sanitation challenges facing developing countries. But， as some reviews have pointed out， director Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth， Waiting for “Superman”) transitions perhaps too abruptly and frequently from the various periods in Gates’s life. It’s for this reason that skeptical or time-strapped viewers should select the second episode， as it’s the most focused and insightful glimpse into the way Gates thinks.

The episode begins with a reenactment of 13-year-old Gates and Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen digging through a dumpster to find source code for the PDP-10 computer. It’s appropriate foreshadowing of what’s to come: an exploration of Gates’s teenage years and his complicated partnership with Allen.

You very much get the sense in this episode that Gates’s career was shaped by his adolescence. His middle school friendship with classmate Kent Evans highlights the beginnings of Gates’ interests in business. (I’ll bashfully admit there’s a neat montage of historical moments juxtaposed against Gates discussing the influence of Fortune magazine.) “What kind of impact could you have? Should we go be generals? Should we go be ambassadors?” he says. “This idea that some people were super successful， that was interesting. What did they know? What did they do? What drove those kinds of successes?” These sorts of scenes come closest to telling us how Gates actually does think.

The episode veers away from Gates’s youth at times， at one point touching on his friendship with fellow billionaire Warren Buffet. Another plot line focuses on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s mission of eradicating polio. But eventually it delves back into Gates’ high school years， when he began to foster a friendship with the slightly-older Allen after the tragic， accidental death of Evans. It was then， in the 1970s， when Gates and Allen began picking up side-gigs as computer programmers， leading to the eventual founding of Microsoft and the personal computer revolution.

There’s amusing insight into those early years at Microsoft， when Gates and Allen shared a cramped apartment in Albuquerque， New Mexico. “We had a lot of fun，” Gates recalls in an interview. “I had never gotten drunk and Paul got me drunk. Paul was into Jimi Hendrix and there was the song ‘Are You Experienced?’” These scenes also do a good job of illustrating the burgeoning differences between him and Allen—the latter had hobbies outside of coding， like guitar and science-fiction， while Gates is presented as a fanatical hard worker who “didn’t believe in vacation.”

The subject of Gates and Allen’s deteriorating relationship has been the subject of much speculation， and Guggenheim’s portrayal of it is both intriguing and mournful given Allen’s death in 2018. Additional interviewees who knew both， like Melinda， really hammer this point home in the final 10 minutes， as you get a sense of missed opportunities to reconcile between the pair. But speaking of missed opportunities， Guggenheim asks Gates if he had any regrets over Allen， but Gates apparently doesn’t answer， and the camera cuts away.

Overall， the second episode of Decoding Bill Gates gives viewers the most well-rounded look at the experiences that shaped its subject’s career and world view. We’ll leave the reviews to the critics， but in terms of pure entertainment and insight into one of the most successful entrepreneurs in modern history， this is the hour of the series to check out.

奈飞（Netflix）发布了一部三集记载片，想要一探亿万财主、微软独创东说念主兼慈善家比尔·盖茨的内心宇宙。记载片的名字《比尔的大脑里面：解读比尔·盖茨》（Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates）十分贴切，这部时长达3小时的片子阐扬了盖茨的东说念主生摇荡，包括他在浊富的西雅图家庭的成长故事、微软的创立以及他和梅琳达·盖茨当今通过盖茨基金会所从事的各人卫滋职业。

这三集的每一集王人有值得一看的时间，包括第一集——这集的骨子莫得那么光鲜，它把对东说念主类排泄物的联系变成了从训诲角度看发展中国度面对的卫生挑战。可是，正如一些评述所言，也曾执导过《难以冷漠的真相》（An Inconvenient Truth， Waiting for “Superman”）的导演戴维斯·古根海姆在盖茨各个东说念主生阶段之间的过渡大略有些过于倏地，也过于时时。由于这个原因，捏有怀疑格调或时辰进犯的不雅众应该继承第二集，因为这一蕴蓄焦于盖茨的念念考表情，最为深切。

这一集在一开动就重现了13岁的盖茨和微软的聚积独创东说念主保罗·艾伦在垃圾桶里翻找PDP-10电脑源代码的场景。这个镜头也预报了接下来的故事：探索盖茨的少年时间，以及他与艾伦之间复杂的联接相关。

在这一集里，你会显然感受到，恰是盖茨的青少年时光塑造了他的干事生计。他与中学同学肯特·埃文斯的友谊强调了盖茨对交易的风趣风趣开动萌芽。（我不得不害羞地承认，在盖茨联系《钞票》杂志的影响力时，有那么一些历史短暂以蒙太奇的手法拼接在了一说念。）“你能产生什么样的影响？咱们应该去当将军吗？咱们应该去当大使吗？”他说，“有些东说念主终点奏效，这很挑升旨风趣。他们知说念些什么？他们作念了什么？是什么鼓吹他们获得了这么的奏效？”透过这些场景，咱们最能感受到盖茨的念念考表情。

这一集有时会偏离盖茨的后生时间，一度涉及他与亿万财主沃伦·巴菲特的友谊。另一条故事线聚焦于比尔和梅林达盖茨基金会驱除赤子麻木症的责任。但剧情最终照旧回到了盖茨的高中时间，在埃文斯倒霉随机身死后，他开动与稍稍年长一些的艾伦交易，成就友谊。那时是20世纪70年代，盖茨和艾伦开动从事计较机编程的兼员办事，最终创立了微软，并掀翻了个东说念主计较机翻新。

本集里也描摹了微软开头几年让东说念主欢快的旧时光，那时盖茨和艾伦在新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基合租了一间小公寓。“咱们那时玩得很欢快。”盖茨在一次采访中回忆说念，“我从来莫得喝醉过，保罗把我灌醉了。保罗心爱吉米·亨德里克斯，他很心爱这首歌《你意见过吗？》（‘Are You Experienced’）”这些场景也很好地讲明了他和艾伦之间的不对和分歧怎样速即发展：艾伦的嗜好不局限于编程，他也心爱吉他和科幻演义，而盖茨则被塑形成一个“不深信假期”的办事狂。

盖茨和艾伦相关恶化的话题激发了好多揣度，艾伦仍是在2018年损失，古根海姆对这一问题的描画既耐东说念主寻味又令东说念主哀痛。有一些受访者两个东说念主王人意识，比如梅琳达，她在本集终末10分钟把这个问题讲得十分明晰，你会嗅觉到他们之间错过了好多妥协的契机。但谈到错失的契机，古根海姆问盖茨是否对艾伦有任何缺憾，但盖茨显然莫得回报，镜头被切掉了。

总的来说，《解读比尔·盖茨》第二集让不雅众全面了解了哪些履历塑造了主东说念主公的干事生计和宇宙不雅。咱们把写影评的契机留给评述家们，但这一集既有文娱性，又能让东说念主们深入了解这位当代历史上最奏效的企业家之一，颇值得一看。

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