Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan: Curing All Human Diseases [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wo6SqLNmLk

by nothrowaways • 3 years ago

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nothrowaways4• 3 years ago

Huge respect for these admirable couples for taking on such a noble mission.

mgh2• 3 years ago

Kudos but be skeptical. May be an effort to redeem Meta's transgressions and public image, like Gates...

iancmceachern4• 3 years ago

And Michael Milken, another great example

nothrowaways4• 3 years ago

I don't know about that but yeah kudos for working on improving health for all.

elzbardico• 3 years ago

Or they could pay taxes like everyone else and let the elected governments tackle those issues.

superduty• 3 years ago

Logical fallacies are your superpower. Bravo.

renegade-otter2• 3 years ago

Because that's what governments are for. A lot of these pet causes of the ultra rich is just reputation laundering.

Maybe start with making sure your platform does not spread anti-vaccine, anti-science misinformation?

That would require taking an ad impressions hit and a monetary loss, a sacrifice too steep to make for the public good.

bigyikes2• 3 years ago

Zuckerberg has undoubtedly paid billions in taxes, far more than practically any of us ever will. If everyone else paid taxes like Zuckerberg, we’d have a lot less money in our pockets.

Moreover, the US government collects more than a trillion in taxes each year — is a few additional billion in tax revenue really what’s stopping the feds from tackling those issues?

7thaccount• 3 years ago

I doubt it. They lobby (i.e. bribe) to have the tax code shaped to where they have a access to a bazillion loop holes. Between holding money in a tax haven to holding large amounts in company stock or whatever...there are lots of tricks. Sure he may pay more absolute dollars, but percent wise it's surely far less than those of us paying 40%. They then form their own charities to control exactly where their money goes instead of it going to taxes like all of us.

dragonwriter2• 3 years ago

If everyone else paid taxes like Zuckerberg, we’d have a lot less money in our pockets.

People whose income comes mainly in the form of capital gains pay much lower taxes on income than everyone else.

parker_mountain• 3 years ago

If everyone else paid taxes like Zuckerberg, we’d have a lot less money in our pockets.

Tell ya what, you give me enough money for me to pay taxes like Zuckerberg, and I will /happily/ give you back half of whatever is leftover.

nyc_data_geek1• 3 years ago

Yes, and undoubtedly a far lower percentage of his gains and income than practically any of us ever will.

paulddraper• 3 years ago

WTF

Zuckerberg famously paid a fortune in taxes because he didn't do an 83b election.

melling• 3 years ago

You’d have to be a bit naive to think we’re going to allocate more funds to medical research because we took in more taxes.

The government is run like a Ponzi scheme. We’re $33 trillion in debt paying a trillion in interest this year.

Of course the entitlements time bomb is an even bigger problem:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucemccain/2016/10/14/the-enti...

forward14• 3 years ago

Can you name some issues governments have solved with taxpayer funds?

paulryanrogers4• 3 years ago

Need for defense, education, water, fire fighting/regulations, sewer, trash/recycling pickup, and once in a while workers rights and anti-trust. (Depending on ones definition of 'solved'.)

jhbadger• 3 years ago

Smallpox is no longer a disease (anywhere in the world) thanks to public health services funded by governments. Likewise polio is on the way out (with an unfortunate recent spike due to some parents not vaccinating their children for "reasons").

Water-spread diseases like cholera which used to kill thousands every few years in in places like New York or London in the 19th century are basically unknown today in the developed world, thanks to modern water treatment plants and sewers. While you might say there was some contribution to these efforts by private philanthropists, the vast majority of these public health efforts were government (taxpayer) funded.

YouWhy• 3 years ago

With respect to Chan Zuckerberg Science:

As an engineer who had worked for a number of years in biotech and med-tech, I find fault with the underlying assumption that one can build an organization out of bio-PI types and get anything out of it beyond a bunch of papers.

My hard-earned experience is tha the biology PI track selects against the technocratic leadership style necessary for the coordination of a large-scale effort.

My own stint in the field found most value with a small subset of fresh PhDs who were still mentally flexible enough to figure out how to do their research in a stackable and incremental way.

Unsurprisingly, most of these people stood very little chance of being hired as PIs, because their focus on efficiency made for worse short-term splashing.

nradov3• 3 years ago

So what's the problem? If they produce a bunch of papers in basic biological sciences then we'll all be better off.

iancmceachern4• 3 years ago

Based on their track record, probably not

iancmceachern4• 3 years ago

Agreed. I've had similar experience. There is a huge difference between a mechanical, electrical or systems engineer and a biotech engineer. The former can design and make physical objects, the latter works generally in the paperwork and publications associated with the devices, not the devices themselves.

forward14• 3 years ago

The pair have done more to harm human dignity and privacy than most evil people thoughout history could even dream of. To respect their opinion on anything, let alone health, is so just vulgar, bordering on complete degeneracy.

nothrowaways4• 3 years ago

This is ridiculous, how ?

nothrowaways4• 3 years ago

Convince me with one thing they did that any other online company hasn't done and I will eat my dog's food tonight.

4death4• 3 years ago

By "any other" do you mean "at least one other online company" or do you mean "all online companies."

0xASDF• 3 years ago

AndrewKemendo• 3 years ago

Did it at a scale none other have

Which was OPs direct point, not that nobody else has done any, but nobody else has done more.

That seems indisputable

forward14• 3 years ago

That's easy - Cambridge Analytica - the tip of the behavioral management iceberg.

westcort• 3 years ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram.

You will excuse me as I guffaw at the credibility gap here.

Source: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/11/08/tech/meta-facebook-instag...

BlackjackCF• 3 years ago

Cure all human diseases… unless they affect my bottom line!

Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan: Curing All Human Diseases [video]

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