1/ My new home @future just turned 1 🎉! Some thoughts on why I’m so excited about Future, by way of sharing a few of my favorite articles we’ve published so far. 🧵
2/ My colleagues share my optimistic outlook but get that building a better future won’t be easy. Many of my favorites tap into a common theme: science is integral to creating a better world, only if we (scientists) embrace new technologies and explore radical ideas, e.g.
3/ Science is slow, but it doesn’t have to be. One of the things slowing science down is the archaic process of funding science. Begging for #grants takes huge chunks of researcher time, decisions take months, and decision-makers are often risk-averse.
4/ Enter: Fast Grants. @patrickc @pdhsu & @tylercowen asked, what if we did things differently? What if applications were brief & decisions were quick and didn't focus on not looking silly? They made it happen & shared their lessons with Future future.com/what-we-learne…
5/ Next up: Sure, there’s excitement around applying #AI to biology, but what does this really look like? Emerging AI expert @nikogrupen gives a concrete take on why AI should augment rather than replace human intelligence. future.com/alphafold-gpt-…
6/ While this extends far beyond science, it’s exciting that some killer apps he sees relate to complex problems in biology (e.g. #Alphafold), #biopharma, iterative experimentation, and in managing the rapidly expanding corpus of scientific knowledge.
7/ Which brings me to my next point: there’s game-changing stuff happening at the intersection of topics Future covers. e.g. Web3 and decentralization are just beginning to spill over into science and #biotech through the #DeSci movement
8/ But @JocelynnPearl Co-founder of @lab_dao helped guide us in the ways #biotech can already take advantage of decentralization and where it’s going future.com/a-guide-to-dec…
9/ Finally, a huge shoutout to @vijaypande and @andy23tran for giving away a treasure trove of project ideas and big open questions in #techbio and engineering biology future.com/open-problems-…
10/ In order to build a better future, we need folks like them who can identify the problems, are building solutions, and are actively inviting others to help. If that sounds like you, consider pitching us future.com/pitch-us
11/ I’m particularly interested in articles related to #SynBio, gene and RNA editing, cell therapies, omics, #AI #ML in bioscience, wearable & implantable tech, single cell tech, organ engineering, climate tech, #Desci and how tech is disrupting the scientific ecosystem. 🪢
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