A letter to our daughter

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Post by arasmussen » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 9:10 PM UTC

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Post by prezjordan » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 9:24 PM UTC

> We will give 99% of our Facebook shares -- currently about $45 billion -- during our lives to advance this mission. We know this is a small contribution compared to all the resources and talents of those already working on these issues. But we want to do what we can, working alongside many others.

Ninety. Nine. Percent.

Re: A letter to our daughter

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Post by uptown » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 9:25 PM UTC

"As you begin the next generation of the Chan Zuckerberg family, we also begin the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to join people across the world to advance human potential and promote equality for all children in the next generation. Our initial areas of focus will be personalized learning, curing disease, connecting people and building strong communities.

We will give 99% of our Facebook shares -- currently about $45 billion -- during our lives to advance this mission. We know this is a small contribution compared to all the resources and talents of those already working on these issues. But we want to do what we can, working alongside many others."

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Post by cup » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 9:30 PM UTC

"Medicine has only been a real science for less than 100 years, and we've already seen complete cures for some diseases and good progress for others."

Thats a bit unfair. Scientists have been painfully working to advance the field of medicine for centuries.

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Post by rrego » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 9:31 PM UTC

First time I've heard of Facebook Notes, which apparently aren't new at all. The notes that I do see aren't styled the same way as Zuckerberg's letter.

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Post by ausjke » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 9:33 PM UTC

A great read indeed, plus a nice picture. I'm going to print out this and read along with my next generation.

I'm thinking about starting to use facebook again, left it a few years ago.

Re: A letter to our daughter

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Post by EA » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 9:34 PM UTC

rrego wrote: post #5

First time I've heard of Facebook Notes, which apparently aren't new at all. The notes that I do see aren't styled the same way as Zuckerberg's letter.

All the notes I have seen lately have this same style.

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Post by anonu » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 9:35 PM UTC

prezjordan wrote: post #2

> We will give 99% of our Facebook shares -- currently about $45 billion -- during our lives to advance this mission. We know this is a small contribution compared to all the resources and talents of those already working on these issues. But we want to do what we can, working alongside many others. Ninety. Nine. Percent.

Crazy. Even crazier when you realize that that 1% is $450 million....

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Post by acchow » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 9:36 PM UTC

cup wrote: post #4

"Medicine has only been a real science for less than 100 years, and we've already seen complete cures for some diseases and good progress for others." Thats a bit unfair. Scientists have been painfully working to advance the field of medicine for centuries.

I think "real science" refers to reproducibly, experimentally driven science.

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Post by Cshelton » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 9:36 PM UTC

rrego wrote: post #5

First time I've heard of Facebook Notes, which apparently aren't new at all. The notes that I do see aren't styled the same way as Zuckerberg's letter.

I mean, technically, Facebook has had notes since the early days. I know the format and style has changed, but I remember writing 'notes' on my wall that any friend could read in a dialogue box since around 2005/2006 ish?

To that note, very few people I know actually use Facebook notes compared to other blogging platforms.