David Renteln

"I no longer regard my nicotine habit as something I need to solve with the urgency of escaping from a burning building. It has a place in my life for now more in line with my other habits, such as my caffeine or alcohol consumption." medium.com/swlh/from-soyl…

The ballot measure to decriminalize psilocybin in Denver passed. It's an amazing accomplishment, but the narrow margin of victory should serve as a reminder that public support of psychedelics is far from unanimous.

Someone asked me what is the most interesting part of my work. It is this; "Microsoft’s Office is now a cloud-based service boasting more than 214 million subscribers who pay around $99 a year; it has more subscribers than Spotify and Amazon Prime combined."

Ever wondered why the effects of cannabis edibles have a slower onset than other ingestion methods? Kristi Knoblich Palmer, cofounder of Kiva Confections, discussed emerging "speed to onset" technology in the cannabis space. Listen to the whole episode: anchor.fm/lucy-podcast

My friend @Dteln of @LucyNicotine interviewed me for his new podcast about nicotine and the drug market called "How To Sell Drugs." Enjoy! anchor.fm/lucy-podcast

At Lucy, we work to understand the evolving science underlying the claims we make, and consider the social implications of what we do. We're not the only businesses asking these questions, so we started a podcast to broaden the discussion. Listen here: blog.lucy.co/podcast-ep-1-i…

Check this out...chew on this (pun intended) bahwahwah 😀 medium.com/swlh/from-soyl…

We ship Lucy to you every month, so no more 1AM gas station runs.

I’ve reviewed thousands of products Without fail, it’s the products built by people for themselves that continue to win Why? When you are the customer you don’t have to guess what people want Customer focus, incentive clarity & a razor sharp point-of-view creates great product

Tech buzzwords explained: AI—regression Big data—data Blockchain—database Algorithm—automated decision-making Cloud—Internet Crypto—cryptocurrency Dark web—Onion service Data science—statistics done by nonstatisticians Disruption—competition Viral—popular IoT—malware-ready device

This will be remembered as a major turning point in the war on cancer. twitter.com/sgottliebfda/s…

What is the second biggest preventable cause of cancer behind smoking? Make your guess, then watch our video to find out the answer… po.st/J5kOFP

What happens when you forcibly methylate the DNA of thousands of promoters in the human genome?..... biorxiv.org/content/early/…

My brother Michael was just published in Nature! Officially making him the smarter sibling. nature.com/articles/gt201…

Our leaders need to lead. Stand up to the gun lobby and do what's right ​to keep our children safe from gun violence.

Not sci-fi anymore: DNA nanorobots to deliver @cancer therapy nature.com/articles/nbt.4… @NatureBiotech

100% probability Elon Musk has underlined “overpopulation??” on a whiteboard before

You know what's cooler than strapping a Tesla to a rocket? Developing the biotech tools needed to sustain an extraterrestrial colony.