Patrick Boyle β€” e/πŸ¦€ (@p_maverick_b) 's Twitter Profile
Patrick Boyle β€” e/πŸ¦€

@p_maverick_b

I was a Synthetic Biologist before it was cool. CSO at Ginkgo Bioworks. @patrickboyle on 🟦☁️ and @p_maverick_b on 🧡

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Everyone’s been so focused on raising awareness for so long that maybe it’s become a bad strategy. Have we tried being imperceptible instead

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I'm used to apps trying to juice their user metrics by spamming me with non-relevant notifications, but the latest innovation in X is that my notifications button is just stuck at 1 for no discernible reason

I'm used to apps trying to juice their user metrics by spamming me with non-relevant notifications, but the latest innovation in X is that my notifications button is just stuck at 1 for no discernible reason
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I've recently been frustrated with a lot of the scientific discourse focusing on what is happening *to* science and scientific institutions rather than charting a path forward. Agree with Michael Eisen and Prachee Avasthi that there is no status quo to return to

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Locking participation in biology behind 10+ year apprenticeships means we don’t get child prodigies like you can get in math and physics. Reducing the amount of tacit knowledge required to *participate* in biology could unlock β€œgenius” sooner

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It’s so funny that 99% of tech startup life is grinding for customers yet if I want work done on my house the best contractors are apparently unreachable electronically