Excited for the grants and tax credits for businesses owned by people of war (POWs) or businesses that employ at least 25 percent POWs or service communities where POWs constitute a notable segment of the population
May 31, 2024 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
100 years ago, before insulin's discovery, diabetics were put on "starvation diets" to manage their blood sugar. Today, insulin is so unaffordable that many are rationing the hormone itself at risk of disability & death. How did we get here? thebaffler.com/after-the-fact…
The team that discovered it sold their patents for $1. They worked with the university that backed them to create patent regimes that would protect it from profiteering and cautiously engaged corporations interested in producing it themselves. And yet
Mar 13, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
My debut at @Slate: Venture capitalists are parasites who couldn't be trusted with the financial institution that held up their industry, let alone the direction of our technological development. Euthanizing them is imperative if we want a better world.
slate.com/technology/202…
VCs would rather gamble with other people's money, enrich themselves and friends, rewrite laws and restructure markets in their own favor, and offload as many costs as possible onto the public than build anything of value. slate.com/technology/202…
