Bill Gates: 3 Fields I'd Study If I Were a College Freshman

In an interview with CNBC, Gates shares her best advice for new college graduates.

The world's richest man has handed out free life advice with a university graduation-esque speech in the form of a series of tweets, in an effort to teach people to dream bigger and to love the world they live in.

"But while you're challenging yourself to embrace the discomfort of new environments and situations", Gates says, "also keep in mind to treasure the things that make you uniquely you".

Instead of fearing the imminent robot invasion, the Microsoft boss wants students to take advantage of it and learn how to use AI's for their benefit. He also noted that it is "not as important as I used to think".

Gates wrapped up his advice by tweeting: "This is an unbelievable time to be alive. It's what I would do if starting out today", Gates said.

But Gates also expressed optimism that "the world is getting better".

"When you tell people the world is improving, they often look at you like you're either naive or insane", he says.

While it's easy to have a rosy view of the world when you're sitting on top of more than AU $100 billion, his shortlist to life has already gathered more than 20,000 retweets.

He goes on to encourage graduates to surround themselves with people who challenge you in constructive ways.

Even if you don't plan on studying artificial intelligence or pursuing a career in bioscience-and the average person reading this probably isn't-the overarching advice is something anyone can take to heart, young or old.

Pinker's 2002 book "The Blank Slate" argued that the evolution of the brain disproves the "blank slate" theory that lends total moral authority to nurture over nature.

"This doesn't mean you ignore the serious problems we face. I hope you make the most of it", he concludes.

He called them all "promising fields where you can make a huge impact". It sustains me in tough times and is the reason I still love my philanthropic work after more than 17 years.

Around 5,000 years ago, humans made the transition "from the anarchy of the hunting, gathering, and horticultural societies in which our species spent most of its evolutionary history to the first agricultural civilizations with cities and governments", Pinker wrote.