Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan: Curing All Human Diseases [video]

Based on their track record, probably not

> If everyone else paid taxes like Zuckerberg, we’d have a lot less money in our pockets.

People whose income comes mainly in the form of capital gains pay much lower taxes on income than everyone else.

I doubt it. They lobby (i.e. bribe) to have the tax code shaped to where they have a access to a bazillion loop holes. Between holding money in a tax haven to holding large amounts in company stock or whatever...there are lots of tricks. Sure he may pay more absolute dollars, but percent wise it's surely far less than those of us paying 40%. They then form their own charities to control exactly where their money goes instead of it going to taxes like all of us.

> If everyone else paid taxes like Zuckerberg, we’d have a lot less money in our pockets.

Tell ya what, you give me enough money for me to pay taxes like Zuckerberg, and I will /happily/ give you back half of whatever is leftover.

Yes, and undoubtedly a far lower percentage of his gains and income than practically any of us ever will.

Because that's what governments are for. A lot of these pet causes of the ultra rich is just reputation laundering.

Maybe start with making sure your platform does not spread anti-vaccine, anti-science misinformation?

That would require taking an ad impressions hit and a monetary loss, a sacrifice too steep to make for the public good.

Need for defense, education, water, fire fighting/regulations, sewer, trash/recycling pickup, and once in a while workers rights and anti-trust. (Depending on ones definition of 'solved'.)

Smallpox is no longer a disease (anywhere in the world) thanks to public health services funded by governments. Likewise polio is on the way out (with an unfortunate recent spike due to some parents not vaccinating their children for "reasons").

Water-spread diseases like cholera which used to kill thousands every few years in in places like New York or London in the 19th century are basically unknown today in the developed world, thanks to modern water treatment plants and sewers. While you might say there was some contribution to these efforts by private philanthropists, the vast majority of these public health efforts were government (taxpayer) funded.

I don't know about that but yeah kudos for working on improving health for all.

And Michael Milken, another great example

That's easy - Cambridge Analytica - the tip of the behavioral management iceberg.

By "any other" do you mean "at least one other online company" or do you mean "all online companies."

Did it at a scale none other have

Which was OPs direct point, not that nobody else has done any, but nobody else has done more.

That seems indisputable

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