Chapter 429： [Cross-border entry into the field of life sciences? 】

The next guest on stage was one of Silicon Valley's big names who were accused in the opening speech, Google founder Larry Page.

Pecs gave an unscripted speech on the podium, responded to Caraval's criticism, and gave his own plan to repair the Internet.

Well, the gang directly "on the line" Caraval.

Page's core ideas include two points: First, use new technology to solve existing technical problems, for example, use algorithms to find illegal speeches and delete them after manual confirmation. Second, through redesigning the product to encourage meaningful conversations, Google and the MIT Media Lab collaborated in hopes of redefining meaningful online conversations and finally found four dimensions, including "Is there an intersection between the two parties' communications; Are they based on the same facts; are they aware of the existence of different perspectives, are they open and polite? "

However, Page's reply did not satisfy the critics, just as Caraval's judgment made some tech giants inexplicable.

But it is the significance of the TED conference that puts people with different views on the same occasion, promotes the dialogue, and then finds the solution to the problem.

The first day of the conference was full of gunpowder. People, including journalists, Zhengzhi consultants, and technocrats, discussed together how to deal with problems caused by the Internet and how to conduct dialogues with opposing views.

Larry Page's speech ended on the stage after more than six minutes.

The male and female moderators who presided over the meeting said in bilingual Chinese and English: "Ladies and gentlemen, applause please invite Mr. Luo Sheng, founder and CEO of the Blue Coast and Bluestar Technology Group."

As early as two minutes ago, the staff at the scene had contacted Luo Sheng in private, and he had left from the seat of the gangster in the audience.

After a while, with applause, the audience in the audience watched the young world's richest man with a surprised look, pushing a tin bucket onto the podium.

What the hell?

Everyone couldn't understand the strange operation of the richest man in the world today, and curiosity came for a while.

Luo Sheng glanced at the metal bucket that he pushed onto the podium, clapping his hands and preaching: "When my parents were children, the disaster that people were most worried about at that time was nuclear war, so we have this in the basement Tin buckets are placed in cellars, where they are used to store food, ensuring that when a nuclear war breaks out, we can hide in the basement to live on this food. "

Many domestic people immediately thought of some historical imprints when they heard this: deep digging holes, accumulating grain, and building dams.

Although Luo Sheng can speak fluent English, he speaks in his native language in the Mainland, and the audience at the scene has a professional real-time human translator.

I saw him say to the audience: "The most dangerous thing in contemporary global disasters no longer looks like this kind of thing, but this kind of thing."

While he was talking, the huge scene at the conference scene passed two pictures. The first picture was a huge cloud of nuclear explosion mushrooms, and the second picture was a microbial virus invisible to the naked eye.

Luo Sheng: "If there is something that can kill tens of thousands of humans in the next few decades, it is more likely that it is a highly contagious biological virus, not a war. Part of the reason is because humans are in nuclear A lot of energy and financial resources have been invested in deterrence, but we have invested very little in the epidemic prevention system, and the world has not yet done a good job in preventing the next major epidemic. "

The elites present at the meeting suddenly seemed very surprised. They thought Luo Sheng would be on stage to lecture on consumer electronics or Internet technology-related content, and he never expected that he would lecture on life science-related content.

Suddenly, people came up with an idea, did Luo Sheng have any new actions?

Is this time related to life sciences?

Indeed, the approvals of the P4 laboratory have been obtained. What Luo Sheng prepared today is to warm up for the next layout work.

A moment later, Luo Sheng on the podium called up an image and went on to say: "Let's take a look at the Ebola virus first. I believe that you have read about such news in newspapers or Internet media. It is full of many hardships. The challenge is to use our case analysis tools to track polio to carefully track the development of these viruses. "

"With the development of the epidemic, we can see that the problem is not that we do not have a system that can be used, but that there is no system at all in the world. We can see that there are several obvious shortcomings. We cannot find a group at any time. Prepared epidemiologists go to the epidemic area to see the development of pathology and disease. "

"The pathology was uploaded from the news report. Basically, the time for uploading the information has been delayed. In addition, it is still very uncertain. We can't find many trained medical teams, and we don't have a set for people. The method of waiting. "

"At present, MSF has made a great contribution to mobilizing volunteers, which needs to be affirmed. But even so, the speed at which we can mobilize thousands of workers to the affected areas is still unsatisfactory, and even large outbreaks require We mobilize hundreds of thousands or even millions of people on a very large scale. "

Having said that, Luo Sheng paused, paced back and forth between the podium, and continued to talk after a while:

"We don't have anyone studying the direction of the data, no one is looking at diagnostic methods, and no one is thinking about what tools to use. For example, we may be able to take the blood of the survivors, process it, and then inject the plasma. The human body protects people who are not sick, but this method has never been tried. What is even more frustrating is that it is too late to do a lot of things, which is indeed a global failure of all humanity. "

"The purpose of the World Health Organization is to monitor the epidemic virus, not to do the things I just said, but the storyline in the movie is another matter. A group of handsome and beautiful epidemiologists are ready. They arrive The epidemic rescued everyone affected and became a hero, but it was a purely Hollywood-style ending. "

The audience at the scene saw a poster of a science fiction disaster movie on the giant screen. The handsome and handsome heroine had a solemn expression, but it made the audience laugh.

The auditorium quickly quieted down. After a while, Luo Sheng carefully and eloquently said: "Our inadequate preparation may cause the next epidemic to be more serious than the harm of Ebola virus, so first look at the Ebola virus in the Developments in West Africa in the past year. "

Immediately before the end of the speech, a visual dynamic data evolution model was shown, and Luo Sheng continued: "... About 10,000 people died, and all the dead were in these three countries in West Africa. I do n’t think there are three Reasons. "

"The first reason is a lot of heroic deeds done by health workers. They have found a lot of patients and prevented more people from getting sick. The second reason is the nature of the virus. Ebola virus is not transmitted by air. When the communicator is sufficiently infectious, most people are already sick; the third reason is that the virus has not spread to the metropolis. "

Speaking of which, Luo Sheng faced everyone with a serious expression, and the conference scene was also quiet, only his speech.

"To be honest, no outbreak in the metropolis is really pure luck. If the Ebola virus spreads to tens of millions of densely populated super metropolises, I ca n’t imagine how terrible it would be. Disaster. "

"So next time we may not be so lucky. Some viruses may leave you unaware, but when people infected with the virus take transportation, or go to densely populated areas such as shopping malls, where there is a large flow, they already have A certain contagion. "

"In addition, the source of the virus can be natural, such as the Ebola virus, or caused by a biological terrorist attack, or it has been in contact with wild animals, so the virus that can make the epidemic thousands of times exist in our lives. On this planet. "

"Let's look at a mathematical model of a virus transmitted from the air."

Speaking of which, Luo Sheng looked back at the giant screen and introduced: "This is the western tooth extraction flu of 1918. The virus will spread to all corners of the world at a rapid rate. A total of 30 million people worldwide have died from this virus. . "

Luo Sheng turned back to the audience again: "This is a very serious problem, and we should definitely not ignore it. We can actually build a good response system. We can use all the science and technology that has developed so far. We can use mobile phones to collect information and Posting information, we also have satellite maps to see where and where people are moving. "

"At the same time, we have made very good progress in biology. These can greatly shorten the time we find pathogens, and we can develop antidote and vaccine in a short time, so we have tools."

"We need to do a lot of research and development in vaccines and pathology. I am happy to contribute as much as I can in this field. I also call on technology companies, research institutions and wealthy people around the world to pay attention to this field and actively invest in it. The field. I don't currently have a clear budget for exactly how much this will cost, but I'm sure it's quite cheap compared to the potential loss. "

Having said that, Luo Sheng brought up a statistical report.

"According to the World Bank's estimation, if we have an influenza outbreak, the global economy will lose more than three trillion US dollars, and thousands of people will be killed or injured. Compared to just being prepared, these additional investments No doubt there will be significant benefits. "

"Basic health care and research and development can promote the balanced development of global health and make our world healthier and safer, so I think this is very important and urgent, but we don't need to be too panic, we don't need to hoard a lot of food and avoid In the basement, but we have to catch up, because time is limited. "

"If there is any positive feedback from the outbreak of the Ebola virus outbreak ~ www.novelhall.com ~, it is an early warning to all humankind, to awaken and prepare all humankind, if we can start preparations , Then we can be ready for the next epidemic, thank you. "

Luo Sheng's speech lasted for about ten minutes and ended. As he stepped down from the podium, warm applause was also presented at the scene, and the staff moved the metal bucket he brought in silently from the stage.

Luo Sheng's appeal has also attracted the attention of many people, especially those in the capital circle.

Many people are secretly guessing that the richest man in the world is probably going to play new tricks again, otherwise it would not be possible to make this speech for no reason at the TED conference. What is more interesting is that this also has a huge business span with Luo Sheng's usual business.

This is the cross-border from the Internet and ICT fields to the life sciences field. Cross-borders are not ordinary. In his speech, Luo Sheng all expressed that he wanted to show his fist in the field of life sciences.

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