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I plan to conquer the world and all of its inhabitants... long after all of us here are dead or senescent. I guess it is easy to make empty statements if you m

by M_Grey 10y ago

I plan to conquer the world and all of its inhabitants... long after all of us here are dead or senescent. I guess it is easy to make empty statements if you make them apply to a far enough future. Mars colonies from Musk (still working on getting the colonists there in one piece of course), and all disease tackled!* *With $3Bn

adventured 10y ago
The difference being that you don't have an army or the power necessary such that I'm going to consider your plans to be serious in the least. With $56 billion, I'm inclined to take Zuckerberg a lot more seriously. He currently has eight times the annual R&D budget of Pfizer in paper wealth that has been increasing in value at a rapid clip (emphasis on paper, in that of course it may go up a lot more or down a lot, who knows). Tackling all disease is beyond grandiose; wiping out numerous diseases however is not - that would be an extraordinary accomplishment.
- M_Grey 10y ago
  Well, to be fair I am responding to the grandiose statement that he made, not the more reasonable one that he could have made.
  - socmag 10y ago
    And again, trolley problems... There is $3B on on one track, with a note pinned to the top.. "To cure all diseases - <3 MarkZ". A train is barreling down. On the other track lies you, with a hoodie and a ham sandwich. Watching to the side is HN... HN can pull the switch and change the points, thereby saving the $3B, but killing you... in the hope the $3B will cure all disease. On the other hand HN can say screw the cash and let's save a ham sandwich, because (ummm, let's face it, sorry kid, you aren't going to amount to much) Little did HN know, you ARE MarkZ!
    - M_Grey 10y ago
      Are you actually replying to me, or are you... what the hell are you talking about?
      - socmag 10y ago
        I was making an abstract defense in your favor based on the parent comment where someone appeared to be claiming you had neither the power nor the cash to have any say in the matter. For all we know you might have billions or a machine for curing all diseases already working. (Or be MarkZ). Yes, probably time for my bed, it's rather late. And far too late for moral philosophy.
        M_Grey 10y ago
        No no, I think I just missed it, my bad. Either way though, sleep well.

by M_Grey 10y ago

adventured 10y ago

The difference being that you don't have an army or the power necessary such that I'm going to consider your plans to be serious in the least. With $56 billion, I'm inclined to take Zuckerberg a lot more seriously. He currently has eight times the annual R&D budget of Pfizer in paper wealth that has been increasing in value at a rapid clip (emphasis on paper, in that of course it may go up a lot more or down a lot, who knows). Tackling all disease is beyond grandiose; wiping out numerous diseases however is not - that would be an extraordinary accomplishment.

M_Grey 10y ago
Well, to be fair I am responding to the grandiose statement that he made, not the more reasonable one that he could have made.
- socmag 10y ago
  And again, trolley problems... There is $3B on on one track, with a note pinned to the top.. "To cure all diseases - <3 MarkZ". A train is barreling down. On the other track lies you, with a hoodie and a ham sandwich. Watching to the side is HN... HN can pull the switch and change the points, thereby saving the $3B, but killing you... in the hope the $3B will cure all disease. On the other hand HN can say screw the cash and let's save a ham sandwich, because (ummm, let's face it, sorry kid, you aren't going to amount to much) Little did HN know, you ARE MarkZ!
  - M_Grey 10y ago
    Are you actually replying to me, or are you... what the hell are you talking about?
    - socmag 10y ago
      I was making an abstract defense in your favor based on the parent comment where someone appeared to be claiming you had neither the power nor the cash to have any say in the matter. For all we know you might have billions or a machine for curing all diseases already working. (Or be MarkZ). Yes, probably time for my bed, it's rather late. And far too late for moral philosophy.
      - M_Grey 10y ago
        No no, I think I just missed it, my bad. Either way though, sleep well.