Sending my sincere thanks & well wishes to all residents today! You are an integral part of our nation’s healthcare system, and the future is bright with you as the future of our physician workforce. #ThankAResidentDay
A statement signed by 150 people incl. Bill T. Jones, Wynton Marsalis, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Noam Chomsky, J.K. Rowling, Margaret Atwood, and Salman Rushdie expresses concern over the illiberal trend intensified by our national reckoning.
https://t.co/4zPjuPNXBu
Together with @SpaceX, we will return human spaceflight to American soil after nearly a decade. Tomorrow is not only a big day for our teams – it’s a big day for our country.
https://t.co/DQ1Taz1vXU
#LaunchAmerica
Beautiful breaking news: after long years of incredibly hard work by students + faculty, the Cornell trustees just voted to divest from fossil fuel. Along w/Brown, they take divestment deep into the Ivies--a huge signal to Wall St.
Such thanks to all who fight @howarth_cornell
In 2019, if someone had proposed to me that we spend $100 billion per year on tests every two weeks that protect us from viral pathogens, I would have reacted as many do now — that’s way to hard. But now we face some very grim alternatives:
First US random sampling of a population was done in Santa Clara County, CA last week to find out how many people have Covid and thus the actual fatality rate.
I'm getting increasingly concerned that people are being told they have to set aside their privacy and civil liberties in order for life to resume life as normal. A lot of folks I've spoken to of late say it's not an either/or.
Optimism about the short-term situation (i.e. that the curve is leveling off) does not necessarily translate into optimism about the long-term situation, because the reason the curve is bending downward is social distancing and we don't rally have a plan for the next phase yet.
I’m moving $1B of my Square equity (~28% of my wealth) to #startsmall LLC to fund global COVID-19 relief. After we disarm this pandemic, the focus will shift to girl’s health and education, and UBI. It will operate transparently, all flows tracked here: https://t.co/hVkUczDQmz
Why UBI and girl’s health and education? I believe they represent the best long-term solutions to the existential problems facing the world. UBI is a great idea needing experimentation. Girl’s health and education is critical to balance: https://t.co/dC3dU6hvxB