Zuckerberg: can my $3bn clear the world of diseases
Discussion
Art0ir said:
All for it.
Joe Rogan calls them "Billion Dollar Problems". Things we take for granted in life that could be solved by some obscenely wealthy philanthropist.
On a similar note Reaction Engines were laying out how they will spend 100million in the next few years to develop a prototype engine capable of going from a runway to orbit.Joe Rogan calls them "Billion Dollar Problems". Things we take for granted in life that could be solved by some obscenely wealthy philanthropist.
Revolutionary Space transport for the cost of employing three middling premiership footballers for three years.
Stooping people getting disease wont stop them dying, eventually.
We're approaching a cusp of great change all round, change is accelerating. With advances in dna engineering, retroviruses, nanotechnology, AI and computing power etc theres a lot possible. Who knows $3bn may be enough to kick start a step change that existing research isnt looking at
We're approaching a cusp of great change all round, change is accelerating. With advances in dna engineering, retroviruses, nanotechnology, AI and computing power etc theres a lot possible. Who knows $3bn may be enough to kick start a step change that existing research isnt looking at
Efbe said:
Terminator X said:
Stopping people dying is bound to end well ...
TX.
curious as to why they would expect the projection to start scaling down against the very obvious trendTX.
RobDickinson said:
Stooping people getting disease wont stop them dying, eventually.
We're approaching a cusp of great change all round, change is accelerating. With advances in dna engineering, retroviruses, nanotechnology, AI and computing power etc theres a lot possible. Who knows $3bn may be enough to kick start a step change that existing research isnt looking at
So if people aren't dying because the world is disease free and instead living longer do you think the population of the world will increase, decrease or stay the same?We're approaching a cusp of great change all round, change is accelerating. With advances in dna engineering, retroviruses, nanotechnology, AI and computing power etc theres a lot possible. Who knows $3bn may be enough to kick start a step change that existing research isnt looking at
TX.
Efbe said:
Terminator X said:
Stopping people dying is bound to end well ...
TX.
curious as to why they would expect the projection to start scaling down against the very obvious trendTX.
As people get richer they have less kids the average family in the world today is two kids. More of the world is getting richer.
Population probably peaks in the middle of the century.
Talksteer said:
Efbe said:
Terminator X said:
Stopping people dying is bound to end well ...
TX.
curious as to why they would expect the projection to start scaling down against the very obvious trendTX.
As people get richer they have less kids the average family in the world today is two kids. More of the world is getting richer.
Population probably peaks in the middle of the century.
... is that countries such as China and India have fuelled this growth whilst they are in second world conditions. As they move into first world conditions their population growth slows.
But much of africa and south america is still in third world conditions, yet to move up to second world conditions. When this happens, population growth will accelerate once more?
Efbe said:
Talksteer said:
Efbe said:
Terminator X said:
Stopping people dying is bound to end well ...
TX.
curious as to why they would expect the projection to start scaling down against the very obvious trendTX.
As people get richer they have less kids the average family in the world today is two kids. More of the world is getting richer.
Population probably peaks in the middle of the century.
... is that countries such as China and India have fuelled this growth whilst they are in second world conditions. As they move into first world conditions their population growth slows.
But much of africa and south america is still in third world conditions, yet to move up to second world conditions. When this happens, population growth will accelerate once more?
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