Zuckerberg's Newest Project "Eliminate Human Disease By 2100"

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I applaud zuck for this it is a good cause to embark on, save millions of lifes
 

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This "let's solve human health with tech!" bullshyt ignores that 90% of early deaths right now have to do with poverty and inequality, not the need for new medical tech. But the rich aren't that interested in solving inequality, so they aim for medical moonshots instead.

Look at what happened with Covid. Get the rich people scared, and they're suddenly willing to spend trillions upon trillions and undergo any degree of economic disruption in order to stop it. But when it comes to TB, or diarrheal diseases, or childhood fevers, or lung issues due to pollution, each of which kill millions of people a year? Nah, those are poor people diseases, we have a limited budget for that shyt.




 
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This "let's solve human health with tech!" bullshyt ignores that 90% of early deaths right now have to do with poverty and inequality, not the need for new medical tech. But the rich aren't that interested in solving inequality, so they aim for medical moonshots instead.

Look at what happened with Covid. Get the rich people scared, and they're suddenly willing to spend trillions upon trillions and undergo any degree of economic disruption in order to stop it. But when it comes to TB, or diarrheal diseases, or childhood fevers, or lung issues due to pollution, each of which kill millions of people a year? Nah, those are poor people diseases, we have a limited budget for that shyt.







I don't think it's as clear cut as you make it seem, breh. The rich don't live any longer than we do.

When Steve Jobs wasn't able to fund a cure as one of the richest men on the planet, that tells us that the rich are no better off health wise than we are.

Tech could very well be the cure that we as a species need.
 

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I don't think it's as clear cut as you make it seem, breh. The rich don't live any longer than we do.

When Steve Jobs wasn't able to fund a cure as one of the richest men on the planet, that tells us that the rich are no better off health wise than we are.

Tech could very well be the cure that we as a species need.
From my understanding, Steve knew about his pancreatic cancer and tried to treat it the "natural" way instead of chemo and other proven cancer treatments. It was only until the cancer advanced to far that he finally accepted the current treatments at the time that would have saved his life.
 
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