COMMUNIST SOCIALIST SYSTEMS.
MARIA: I COULD NOT AGREE MORE.
THE COMPANIES HAVE GOTTEN SO BIG
AND POWERFUL, SOCIAL MEDIA
COMPANIES, GOOGLE, AMAZON,
FACEBOOK AND SO NOW THEY'RE IN
THE CROSS-HAIRS OF THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF
THE POWER AND THEIR SIZE BUT
ALSO BECAUSE OF THE TALK AND
SPEC LAKES AND IN SOME CASES
EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE CENSORING
CONSERVATIVE CONVERSATION.
YOUR THOUGHT.
>> I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO RUN
FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE ARE YOUNG
ENGINEERS.
SILICON VALLEY IS IN CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA IS A POLITICALLY
PROGRESSIVE PLACE AND I THINK TO
SOME DEGREE THESE COMPANIES ARE
RESPONDING, RESPONDING IN A WAY
THEIR EMPLOYEES -- THE EMPLOYEES
PREFER THEM TO RESPOND.
THE EMPLOYEES WANT TO WORK --
WANT GOOGLE TO DO PROGRESSIVE
THINGS.
FACEBOOK WANTS FACEBOOK TO DO
PROGRESSIVE THINGS.
APPLE EMPLOYEES WANT TO DO
PROGRESSIVE THINGS, MAJORITY OF
THINGS.
WHEN APPLE REFUSED TO UNLOCK THE
PHONE
IMPORTANT THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC
CAP LIFT SYSTEM WIN THE BATTLE,
WIN THIS COMPETITION WITH CHINA.
WE DON'T WANT TO -- WE DON'T
WANT TO FIND OURSELVES IN
SECOND.
MARIA: YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH
THE FOREIGN POLICY OUT OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION AS WELL.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN A BIG
SUPPORTER OF ISRAEL.
WERE YOU HAPPY WITH THE
PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO MOVE THE
EMBASSY?
>> I WAS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A VERY
CONTROVERSIAL DECISION.
THE INTERESTING THING WAS ALMOST
EVERY CANDIDATE INCLUDING BARACK
OBAMA, BILL CLINTON PROMISED TO
MOVE THE EMBASSY FROM TEL AVIV
TO JERUSALEM.
THEY JUST DIDN'T DO IT.
IN THIS CASE THE PROMISE WAS
KEPT.
BUT ANYWAY, REGARDLESS OF WHICH
PRESIDENT MOVED IT I'M VERY GLAD
TO SEE THAT OUR EMBASSY IS NOW
IN THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.
MARIA: WITH YOUR SUCCESS,
YOU'VE BECOME A GREAT
PHILANTHROPIST.
TELL US WHAT DRIVES YOUR GIVING,
YOU'VE DONE MUCH FOR EDUCATION,
CANCER RESEARCH.
I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON
WELLNESS.
ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO
YOU OR -- LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE,
WELLNESS?
>> WELL, HEALTH AND MAKING
REALLY -- I HAVE A FOUNDATION, A
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION WHERE ONE
OF THE SLOGANS IS CURES, NOT
CARE.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE SPEND A HUGE
AMOUNT OF MONEY CARING FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE ILL RATHER THAN
PREVENTING THE ILLNESSES,
SUPPORTING WELLNESS.
THE MONEY IS MUCH BETTER SPENT.
PEOPLE ARE MUCH HAPPIER NOT IN
THE HOSPITAL, HEALTHY, AT HOME,
WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND THAT WE
SHOULD HAVE PROGRAMS THAT
SUPPORT WELLNESS AS OPPOSED TO
-- HEY, WE HAVE TO CARE FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK THERE WILL
BE A LOT FEWER PEOPLE SICK IF WE
FOCUS ON WELLNESS.
THERE WILL BE FEWER PEOPLE SICK
IF WE FOCUS ON DRUG DISCOVERY
AND FIND CURES FOR SOME OF THESE
TERRIBLE DISEASES.
MARIA: A MOMENT AGO YOU SAID IF
I HAD TO DO IT AGAIN, I WOULD
CHOOSE BIOTECH.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
>> THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE THE MOST DRAMATIC CHANGES
ANDREA
AND EA
AND A
AND DRAMATIC NEW TECHNOLOGIES
BEING DEVELOPED WILL BE IN
BIOTECH.
YOU WILL SEE MOST OF THE COMMON
DISEASES INCLUDING LOTS AND LOTS
OF CANCERS ARE BECOMING MORE
MANAGEABLE THAN THEY EVER WERE.
CANCER'S NOT A DISEASE, IT'S A
FAMILY OF DISEASES.
FAMILY OF DISEASES OF THE DNA.
AND WE'RE GETTING BETTER AND
BETTER AT MANAGING THESE THINGS
AND EVEN CURING THEM AND I THINK
YOU'LL SEE LOTS AND LOTS OF
DISEASES DISAPPEAR OVER THE NEXT
25 YEARS.
AGING WILL BE MANAGED MUCH
BETTER THAN IT'S BEEN MANAGED.
THAT PEOPLE -- PEOPLE SAY YOU
THINK PEOPLE LIVE FOREVER.
I HAVE NO IDEA.
BUT AS THEY GET OLDER THEY'LL BE
MUCH HEALTHIER AND ENJOY THEIR
LIVES FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF
TIME SO WHILE THEY'RE AROUND,
WHILE WE'RE AROUND, WE'LL HAVE
LONGER PERIODS OF HEALTH IN OUR
LATER YEARS THAN WE HAVE RIGHT
NOW.
AND ALL OF THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
I ALSO FOCUS ON THE VERY YOUNG,
ON EDUCATION.
IF WE'RE GOING TO BRING
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ECONOMY IN
AFRICA, WE HAVE TO DO TWO
THINGS.
WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF
FEEDING THE KIDS SO THEY'RE NOT
HUNGRY AND A BETTER JOB OF
EDUCATING THE KIDS.
THE COMBINATION OF NUTRITION AND
EDUCATION IN PLACES LIKE RURAL
INDIA AND RURAL AFRICA IS --