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Humans are executed data. The blueprint of life has never been more like computer code. Ben Horrowitz believes where data touches biology is where there's ton of profit waiting. Pick a SENS initiative and see where you can attack it with software. Human Longevity Inc is using machine learning I think to figure out what genes actually cause what pathologies.

It would be interesting to point at the genes for the heritability of IQ for giggles. We are all data, the meat is what matters. The life you save may be your own.



72hrs later: "In ‘Enormous Success,’ Scientists Tie 52 Genes to Human Intelligence" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/science/52-genes-human-in...

So I guess that suggestion is less exciting.




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