Andrew Hessel
@andrewhessel
I have some insights into where biology is going and it's wild. Happy to chat.
We are entering an era where biology is programmable. That means new risks. Coming faster. Harder to detect. Biodefense is the biggest underinvested risk of our time. Let's fix that.
No one talks about AutoDesk but it is the second largest publicly traded vertical software company out there...
Hey Toronto peeps, I’ve never attended this festival but it sounds like a blast and they could really use your help.
A major funder just dropped out, and YOU can help save Toronto’s WTF Festival for (18+) clown, drag, and puppetry! @indiegogo igg.me/p/3319041/twtr
Made-to-order DNA goes big: new tech doubles size of custom genetic sequences nature.com/articles/d4158…
<-- My profile picture is because I am Parametric Human number 1, digitally scanned right down to my genome. (@geochurch is number 2.) PH is a cool project. parametrichuman.org
palo alto networks and crowdstrike are >100B market cap companies that rode the exponential growth of computers... similar biosecurity businesses will emerge riding the growth of biotechnology, i hypothesize what it looks like here demandrew.com/p/thesis-biose…
We can program any part or virus inexpensively. Soon, making a single-celled organisms will be affordable, too, making all microbes print-on-demand. The rate-limiter here is the price-performance of genome printing, which will improve super-exponentially.
For the job market, the solution is simple. I don't have time to spearhead the solution but if someone wants an opportunity, hit me up.
Another path to just doing stuff...
more people should chase their dreams. delta is your nudge. ✈️ free flights to SF 🏠 3-month fully funded residency 💸 up to $1M in funding apply now 🔗👇
If you want to build something big and edgy and meaningful, read this thread. It could change your life.
Society conspires to reduce your ambition. It pulls at you in a thousand ways: committee approvals, incremental research, playing it safe on someone else's roadmap. Don't let it make you average. The world pulls you back. 5050 helps you break through.
This AI-generated sci-fi short film is incredible, worth the 15 minutes of your attention. And the subject matter of human cloning is timely.
Kira (Short Film on Human Cloning) My new AI-assisted short film is here. Kira explores human cloning and the search for identity in today’s world. It took nearly 600 prompts, 12 days (during my free time), and a $500 budget to bring this project to life. The entire film was…
Business plan idea for budding bioengineers entrepreneurs: your company will make scaleable bioprocesses to upgrade @RedwoodMat’s chemical processes.
with @AGamick + @AdamMarblestone on the gaps in science funding and how to fix them. full pod is . . . .
This is just the beginning, the researchers said. I completely agree. Breakthrough gene therapy jab reverses hearing loss in weeks independent.co.uk/news/science/g…
I would love a gig at @GoogleDeepMind being their biofuturist-in-residence and getting my own brain cracked open @ericschmidt @demishassabis
Quote of the week goes to Francois Chollet: We are now closer to the year 2100 than to 1950.Also closer to 2050 than to 2000. Time to start acting like it.