Google.org, the philanthropic arm of the Google empire, has announced that Larry Brilliant, epidemiologist and co-founder of The Well, will be its new Executive Director. This Fast Company article six years ago called Brilliant
"a man who's found himself at the center of almost every defining moment of his generation" and who is
uniquely qualified to get Baby Boomer greed under control. Google.org supports some interesting looking initiatives right now, it will be interesting to see where that work goes with Dr. Brilliant at the helm.
Update: See this Wired story on Briliant's first goal - an auto alert system for emerging diseases that could operate independent of any government.
1. Dr. Brilliant
what a great name :)
Posted at 12:54PM on Feb 22nd 2006 by m