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This is great. Great achievements as a startup founder and now philanthropy. For those comparing this to pharma companies. Pharma companies invest in drugs tha
by tschellenbach 10y ago
This is great. Great achievements as a startup founder and now philanthropy.
For those comparing this to pharma companies. Pharma companies invest in drugs that they can make money with. It sounds as though this $3 billion is aiming at more general research and making it publicly available.
- metaphorm 10y agomaybe you should hold off on the praise until there's some results to show for it. making a press statement is not the same thing as curing a disease.
- hsod 10y agoI'm comfortable praising someone for giving away 3 billion dollars to fight disease, even before the results are in.
- ams6110 10y agoIndeed. In fact most of the wealthy people I know are quite charitable, in contrast to the way "the rich" are portrayed in the media and politics. And a high profile commitment like this from a high profile person could encourage that.
- forgetsusername 10y ago>Pharma companies invest in drugs that they can make money with And they also do a lot of philanthropic work: http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/16/leadership-philanthropy-charity-lead-citizen-cx_hc_0116charitable.html http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/16/leadership-philanthropy-cha... The idea the "Pharma companies" act any one specific way is only something you'd read on HackerNews. This is great of Mr. Zuckerberg, but it doesn't require us to downplay the charitable work of other people, or in this case other industries.