Fun at the Worlds Fair| Stories from Source Code @billgates

Fun at the Worlds Fair| Stories from Source Code @billgates

Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

When I was 6 years old, Seattle hosted the World's Fair. Visiting it felt like getting a glimpse of the future.

Read more about this story and others in my memoir Source Code, which is out now: gatesnot.es/SourceCode_

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