Erik Rodin

this is actually insane > be tech guy in australia > adopt cancer riddled rescue dog, months to live > not_going_to_give_you_up.mp4 > pay $3,000 to sequence her tumor DNA > feed it to ChatGPT and AlphaFold > zero background in biology > identify mutated proteins, match them to drug targets > design a custom mRNA cancer vaccine from scratch > genomics professor is “gobsmacked” that some puppy lover did this on his own > need ethics approval to administer it > red tape takes longer than designing the vaccine > 3 months, finally approved > drive 10 hours to get rosie her first injection > tumor halves > coat gets glossy again > dog is alive and happy > professor: “if we can do this for a dog, why aren’t we rolling this out to humans?” one man with a chatbot, and $3,000 just outperformed the entire pharmaceutical discovery pipeline. we are going to cure so many diseases. I dont think people realize how good things are going to get

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@stewfortier Wow - this looks awesome! Have signed up for the waitlist and excited to (hopefully) take it for a spin soon!!

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To become a better learner, set achievable goals about what you want to learn, and then develop strategies to reach them. hbr.org/2018/05/learni…

These are the most impressive chats we've seen with ChatGPT so far. It can...

@ChezSpecter For me it’s ‘I should learn more’ and reading is a vehicle to achieve that.

This week on The Shoulds, we're discussing the theme of: 'I should read more' 📚 So let's unpack that. If this is a 'should' that resonates for you, where do you think it's coming from?

The best way to teach that life is about probability not certainty: collabfund.com/blog/a-few-sto…

@JoeNewberry My dad had dementia and passed last summer. I was able to fly back and make it to the hospital just in time to say goodbye. He had been unresponsive for several hours, but just seconds before he went, he opened his eyes, looked at me, and squeezed my hand. Then he was gone.

In my dad's last days, I asked the hospice nurse, an older woman from Alabama, "What is keeping him here? Why won't he let go?" She said, "Why honey, he's got the dementia. He can't find the door. When he finds the door, he'll be gone." 1/2

@ChezSpecter Heading there for 10 days myself next week. Would love your yoga recommendations as Google left me none the wiser. I’ll survive without brunch and slimline tonic though 😉

I'm staying in Lisbon for a few weeks, and enjoying the lack of decision overwhelm here. Brunch? There are three places. Yoga? Two English-speaking classes. Slimline tonic? Go back to London.

@ChezSpecter Funnily enough I had coffee this morning with a friend who had just bought this Sweaty Betty backpack. Tiny, but fits a laptop (and on sale!) sweatybetty.com/commuter-runni…

@erikrodin Thanks Erik! Looks great

Can anyone recommend a good commuter running backpack which also has a laptop sleeve - if such a thing exists?

@ChezSpecter ❤️ this. When I lived in Copenhagen a long time ago I think they had something similar on some of the busses. A couple of seats where it said “If you sit in either of these two seats, it means you’re willing to have a conversation with a stranger.”

I’m in Tel Aviv and I’ve fallen in love with these public benches-for-one facing each other, creating incidental social interaction through a bit of considerate urban design

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@hwbhatti They convinced a company to buy ad space in their class presentation? I'll take "things that never actually happened" for 1000 please!

In 2009, a Stanford business professor: - Split her class into 14 teams - Gave each team $5 and 2 hours - Told them to get as much ROI as possible - Said they’d give a presentation after finishing Here’s how it went down + the foundational lesson you can learn from it: 🧵

Habits change your life. Here’s how to change your habits. - Big Think bigthink.com/the-well/wendy…

@ChezSpecter Glad you got your weekly dose of life imitating art!

@erikrodin It wasn’t far from the reality in the end, Erik!

Flight delayed by two hours and counting. Can someone recommend a brilliant novel that will make this seem like a happy accident?

@ChezSpecter ❤️

Self-employment is a funny thing. Without end-of-year bonuses or promotions, you have to define your own version of success. Today, success is receiving this review of my book, Alonement

@ChezSpecter I’ll add it to the list :)

@erikrodin Fascinating! I’d indulgently add ‘Alonement’ to the pile!

Untranslatable words from around the world: qz.com/605935/

A good day to re-read this: The Carlota Perez Framework - AVC avc.com/2015/02/the-ca…

@Al_Cumming Yet somehow you still accept

Description field should be mandatory on calendar events. No agenda meetings killing me slowly