Starting a fellowship program for early career scientists that want to start companies -- funding up to $400,000 along with mentorship from founders building science companies. Please RT so scientists can see! sci-founder.com

All businesses where most employees are working with motivation to gain status more than money, are far more vicious workplaces as status is zero sum.

number of employees of a well-run 100-person start-up that care about the long-term company: 60 number employees of a 10,000-person company that care about the long-term company: 6 this is why start-ups can win.

“Trust is the currency of the realm.” - George P. Shultz

Next time some “expert” says you just aren’t good enough, you don’t have what it takes... just take a look at Tom Brady’s scouting report. That FUD juice was his fuel.

My latest: A gay dad wanted to volunteer for a parent group comprised of 10 straight women, but wasn’t approved because he’s white and wouldn’t bring enough diversity. An episode of “Portlandia”? No, just another Tuesday at the San Francisco school board. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heathe…

It is amazing how many people think that they can answer an argument by attributing bad motives to those who disagree with them. Using this kind of reasoning, you can believe or not believe anything about anything, without having to bother to deal with facts or logic.

I published my first piece pleading to keep parks open & letting people socialize outdoors on April 1st 2020. I stand by every word. It wasn't that complicated. The epi data, the reasons, the sociology of a sustainable pandemic response. It was all there. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Most deforestation is driven by agriculture. Beef is the leading cause – responsible for over 40%. Most of this in Brazil. Soybeans and palm oil are also significant drivers. Our latest article on what's causing deforestation: ourworldindata.org/what-are-drive…

In a SaaS business, approximately 100% of your energy should be spent on things that increase retention: 1) make the product better 2) sell better fit customers 3) invest in education 4) proactively reach-out to those not getting value 5) increase adoption of "sticky" features

Charlie Munger re SPACs: "It's just that the investment banking profession will sell s— as long as s— can be sold." Ah, how I love him.

One year anniversary of the world's wrongest infographic

I have been thinking about how different people interpret data differently. And made this xkcd style graphic to illustrate this.

Huge respect towards🙏🏻 Sridhar Vembu

It takes a special kind of chutzpah to ask for free advice and then ask you to sign an NDA for the privilege of giving it. #startups

More good news. Pfizer has the six month update. *Zero* hospitalizations among the vaccinated vs. 32 among the placebo group (n=46,307). Also real life data from South Africa, where B.1.351 is dominant: zero cases of COVID among the vaccinated vs. nine in the placebo (n=800).

Many believe that the field of AI is the answer to the question "how can we create artificial (human) minds?". That's also the question that led me here. But today, I think AI is more pragmatically the answer to the question: "how can we make software do more?"

Reflecting on an incredible week in science...more evidence for late and multiple Denisovan-like populations and their genetic legacy, Neanderthal *nuclear* DNA recovered from sediments (wow!!) and then boom! - how many Tyrannosaurs once roamed the Earth! 🦖 ❤️ lucky us!

Please retweet if you think there should be a worldwide ban on trophy hunting.😡

I had not heard this anecdote from Deng Xiaoping's 1979 visit to the United States.