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This article is pure poison. Ideological purity is a problem in every facet of human life, and engineering doesn’t have to be so painful. The computer should work for the human.

The Science of Trust by John Gottmann is a great read if you are interested in this. Unlike most behavioral health, they use actual science and math to describe and dissect behaviors and outcomes

I’ve found box breathing to be useless at best. There are better alternatives in Nestor’s book

This one looks like it makes money which is strange

Yes it is very possible. It is very expensive to verify that you did it correctly and that it works as intended.

Genetics are not like code so unless you are copying previous work expect a very long road

That was a mistake

This contains much too little discussion of the feed algorithms.

James Nestor’s new book ‘Breath’ may be useful to you if you suffer from fitful sleep. His research into and experiments with breathing may give you some easy fixes to help improve your sleep.

Agreed. If Tech cares about the diversity as much as it claims, it’s hard to think this would damage ones career.

It’s about time this started happening! Facebook employees of HN, how about joining him?

Mental disturbances from hashish and psychedelics, while similar symptoms, are completely different internally. I wouldn’t rule out psychedelics based on that experience.

This comment is so dissonant with the average experience in academia it reads like sarcasm

Having worked at cutting edge biotech,startups and FAANG I wholeheartedly defend the interview process, and believe you would too if you ever switched over for a while

I should add that I found it during a journey similar to yours, and still use it as a reference.

The book “6 Pillars of Self Esteem” is excellent. It’s research based and actionable.

The secret? They’re junk!

There is only upside for Church, who will get a piece of every company. If they fail, he has nothing to lose.

One of A16z’s past biotech stars was uBiome. The science there was bad from the beginning but investors couldn’t tell.

I think a better article could be written about how many have failed, and how many will continue to fail. 5 years from now it’ll be even easier to write.

It resembles academia. The company is very penny wise and pound foolish, toxic behaviors aren’t managed, the (5!) founders are basically dead weight, and hours are expected to bleed into evenings and weekends. There’s an inversion of resources- the more work you have, the less you will be supported by the company. The people who flourish tend to have academic backgrounds and this perpetuates the cycle. Good luck to your friend!

There are zero profitable syn bio companies in the world because even simple projects are too slow and costly.

Ginkgo doesn’t value it’s employees, and doesn’t have secret sauce. I think the next company, that Ginkgo diaspora found or flee to, will be the one that starts making these claims real.