Business Week reports that Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is writing another book. Gates previously released The Road Ahead, a look at the future evolution of technology, back in 1996. The new book will assume a certain amount of technical knowledge, then go on to explore how Gates thinks technology will transform the way people communicate, entertain themselves, and work, according to the company. It will also talk about the ability of technology to address issues that are central to Gates's philanthropy -- world health and education. "The book is going to be a compilation of what he's thinking about," says spokesman John Pinette. "It's going to talk about where the next big technical breakthroughs are going to come from, and the impact they're going to have." As prescient as Gates was in The Road Ahead, he had plenty of company in some of his predictions at the time. The first edition of the book barely mentioned the Internet -- something he fixed in a subsequent edition a year later. Hopefully, Scoble won't have to worry about competing with his boss for shelf space when his book hits. (via Reader Comments... InsideGoogle blog, offering the latest news and insights about Google and search engines.
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