biotechnology

5 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 29, 2017 by Ben Horowitz · across every show →

Everything said about biotechnology, oldest first

Jul 29, 2017 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Horowitz: Biotech company creation will resemble computer science within 5 to 10 years
“With computational biology, there are a lot, there are very interesting opportunities around diagnostics, where you can build a company in a way that's more similar to the way you build a computer science company. That's a lot of what we're funding, and so I t…”
Ben Horowitz Jul 29, 2017 ▶ 45:21 On Career Moves and Business Leadership
Apr 30, 2018
Insight
Conde: Bio entrepreneurs must prioritize and execute early killer experiments
“If you're developing technology in the biology space, you should know what your near term killer experiment is. And the experiment that if it does not work, It's, you know, kill mode for whatever you're developing. And you should know what that is. You should …”
Jorge Conde Apr 30, 2018 ▶ 22:08 Shifting Risk Mindsets, from Tech to Bio
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Kevin Kelly: Software will dominate for 25 years before biotech eclipses it
“20, 25 year horizon that I'm talking about. So, so I think beyond that, yes, I think it's wide open, but I think, you know, for the next 25 years, I think this is what I'm talking about. I think computer science will continue to run everything. Software will c…”
Kevin Kelly Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 40:48 a16z Podcast | Not If, But How -- When Technology is Inevitable (with Kevin Kelly)
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Harari: Biotechnology could convert economic inequality into permanent biological inequality
“However, in the 21st century it might be possible for the first time to translate economic inequality into real biological inequality. And once this starts, it becomes almost impossible to close the gap.”
Yuval Noah Harari Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 30:29 a16z Podcast | Brains, Bodies, Minds ... and Techno-Religions
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
'Biotechnology' derives from the ancient Greek concept of 'life through craft'
“Made by a process that the Greeks would call biotechnē, which means life through craft, and it is the root of our word biotechnology.”
Adrienne Mayer Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:30 a16z Podcast | Ancient Dreams of Technology, Gods & Robots
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