- Definitely, but you know, I really try to, and we'll talk about this, I try to do like two, three hours and there's a hesitancy on the left, especially to do these kinds of long programs, I think it's a trust issue, I'm not exactly sure what it is. 80% of the people on this show are left wing.
We were very involved in processes with the G7 and the OECD. So there was no hesitancy to get straight involved in that stuff, which was really meaningful. And DeepMind had its AI principles and then, I think-- Yes.
Having said that, I really-- I talk about this in the book-- but I say have to share, not shame. Shaming people about vaccine hesitancy is a bad idea, mainly because it doesn't work. I mean, you're not going to convince somebody to get the vaccine by shaming them.
and nudging them to take risks, which I think Google does well for a large company, very well indeed. But there's still hesitancy . Everybody thinks that you need to achieve perfection.
or you haven't quite made that leap yet? There's some hesitancy . OK. Well, hopefully, you feel inspired to do it, right?
the button, and a computer chip? It's the same hesitancy I have when I think, how can we reduce something so complicated as depression down to one neurotransmitter, or diabetes down to one hormone, or cancer down to one missing piece of DNA, or one excessive
And things may change as we learn more. I think there's been a hesitancy sometimes among the scientific and medical community to frame things that way, because some would say, look, if you frame it that way, then people aren't going to really listen to you and follow your guidance as closely.
There's something else about her nature that attracts the masses. Her habitual muteness and the gentle hesitancy of those rare words that do fall from her lips make her seem bashful as does her manner of ducking her head and looking up through sweeping lashes.
had spoken about the benefits of NASA and the value of NASA uh to to public audiences before and there was stuff on there's always been some hesitancy to believe experts or uh there there it's
seen it once you change all of a sudden you change an assumption it can shift everything it can open it up but as I said a lot of people have a hesitancy they think you know what I I don't make assumptions because I'm I'm too smart to make assumptions but the point is it doesn't matter how smart you are it doesn't matter about your IQ it doesn't
But what was the gut punch for me was that 20 percent of people were what the WHO would call vaccine hesitant. Now, vaccine hesitancy is not new. Even prior to the pandemic, vaccine hesitancy was deemed to be one of top 10 global health threats.
And then also, conversely, how do you see your religious identity fitting in harmoniously or not harmoniously with the LGBTQ community? Do you find that there is some sort of hesitancy or discrimination on that side as well? So I'm curious about both sides.
I think that really makes a big difference. But it is true that there's been a hesitancy among reporters.
Now, vaccine hesitancy is not new. Even prior to the pandemic, vaccine hesitancy was deemed to be one of top 10 global health threats. Top 10 global health threats.
And at the same time, I think, paying particular attention, I know many young people for whom this last period has been Absolutely. And you kind of brought up the concept of that hesitancy , potentially, from somebody who may not
--on the way out. So yeah, it is hard to like-- I do think there is a sort of hesitancy to like give light to people who are really saying there's something
that are hypothetically good against many viruses in one shot. Great. Vaccine technology is going to go on and on and on, but I like to believe that vaccine hesitancy does not have to go on and on and on with it. If researchers would just open their minds to vaccine inquisitiveness, in the same way that we open our mind to scientific inquisitiveness.
So this is what $12,000 buys in Ethiopia. You know, we have so many resources, and I often talk to people, especially across the tech industry, who have this hesitancy
So we were proud of ourselves, obviously. But what was the gut punch for me was that 20 percent of people were what the WHO would call vaccine hesitant. Now, vaccine hesitancy is not new.