Life expectancy is basically going up in linear fashion. But if you look at expenditures, we used to spend a few percentage points of g d p on health care, and now it's about 18 %. We're not even boosting the rate. If that trend continues, and you see a similar trend in many areas, also, crop yields feeding the world other areas, the question becomes, where does all the progress go?
Over the past year Mark Zuckerberg has held a series of interviews themed around technology and society. This conversation with Tyler and Patrick is the last in that series, and covers why they think the study of progress is so important, including how it could affect biomedical research, the founding of new universities and foundations, building things fast, housing and healthcare affordability, the next four years of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and more.
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Recorded November 22nd, 2019 Other ways to connect