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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.
"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.
[1]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2641521/?page=1
> 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.
I'm curious how they plan to liquidate that shares as it will have quite some effect on the dynamics of Fb and on this:
I will continue to serve as Facebook's CEO for many, many years to comeA 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.
> 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....
Maybe I'm just getting old.
I'm not trolling, as much as it will seem the opposite, but I feel compelled to wonder about postnatal mania (mild postpartum psychosis) as I read the letter. I wonder how different (or private) the letter may have been had it come four months from now. I wonder how many really significant acts of charity and kindness by the super wealthy and influential occur in the days following childbirth. Just wondering aloud he…