What would Bill Gates be without that Computer and Magazine?

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While reading the book, 'The Psychology of Money', I came across these two lines:
"Bill Gates went to one of the only high schools in the world that had a computer"
"During one of their late-night sessions, Allen recalled Gates showing him a Fortune magazine."

And this got me thinking: Would Bill Gates be "Bill Gates" if he had not got access to THAT computer at Lakeside?

Would Microsoft have been born if two kids (Bill & Paul) did not have access and end up reading THAT Fortune magazine?

Ofcourse, Bill Gates himself answered the question in a way. "If there had been no Lakeside, there would have been no Microsoft", he told the school's graduating class in 2005.

Me

Then I started to think: As a kid, even I had early access to a computer when in the year 1995, my elder brother got home a 386 computer! I would randomly play around with some games and some design tools. Pretty sure this helped me later in life and planted the right seeds for my growth in the technology field!

Others

Got me thinking more...

What if we donated more such "resources" to schools and to those who cannot afford them?

What if we gave such resources to the kids in our immediate neighbourhood?

Can we create more such serendipitous moments for the next generation, that can give rise to a new Bill Gates or a new Microsoft? #OneInAMillion

What do you think? Do you have such a story when you look at your own past? Let me know in the comments or via email!

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