Back in April , Mark Zuckerbergannouncedto the populace that he is , in fact , God , and said he wanted to “ [ assist ] to cure all disease by the end of this century . ” Today , accompanied by Priscilla Chan , his wife and co - pilot on the God plane , Mark announced a $ 3 billion plan to cure disease .
Zuck and Priscilla laid out the schematic drawing for this efforton Facebook Live . The design will be part of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and will be call but “ Chan Zuckerberg Science . ” The goal , Zuck said , is to “ bring around , forestall , or manage all diseases in our children ’s lifespan . ” The projection will bring together a bunch of scientists , engineers , doctors , and other experts in an endeavour to disembarrass the world of disease .
“ We require to dramatically improve every lifetime in [ our girl ] Max ’s multiplication and check that we do n’t miss a single soul , ” Chan said .
Zuck explain that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will ferment in three way : impart scientist and applied scientist together ; build tools to “ empower ” people around the world ; and promote a “ movement ” to fund science globally . The bright new venture will receive $ 3 billion in funds over the next decennium .
The first major undertaking is a $ 600 million investing in something call the Biohub , a new research center at UC San Francisco . Scientists from Stanford and UC Berkeley will also function on the Biohub , which will ab initio focus on two projects : the Cell Atlas , which will examine the cells that make up our major organs , and the Infectious Disease Initiative , which will turn over into treatment for term like HIV and Zika .
To be certain , Chan Zuckerberg Science and its enormous spring of money is a project with a noble goal , and you ’d be hardpressed to find anyone who prove to argue otherwise . ( Except for , like , maybe Martin Shkreli . ) And while Zuck ’s initial pronouncement was rather challenging , he made sure to emphasize that the squad simply want to make the globose battle against disease easy .
That does n’t imply the whole shebang is n’t la-di-da as hell , though , particularly when Bill Gates came out as the close at the even — or when Priscilla leave the point to catch a tissue to stanch the flow of tears while she talked about sick tyke .
“ Can we heal prevent or get by all diseases in our children ’s life ? ” Zuck asked at one gunpoint . “ This is a self-aggrandising goal , ” he said soon after , perhaps answering his own motion .
The task will be led by Cori Bargmann , a neurobiologist who will carry the title “ President of Science . ” It ’s not God , but it ’ll do .
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