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The government should have done this years ago, but in the US we have rely on big tech to create public goods 🙃
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Bull Theory
@BullTheoryio
BREAKING: Google is planning to release 32 million mosquitoes across Florida and California. The company has asked the EPA for permission to proceed, with the public given until June 5 to respond. The mosquitoes are infected with Wolbachia bacteria, which stops them from
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tbc it’s very good that Google is doing this
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Patrick Staples
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wait, why is it bad for companies to do this? the only reason we point to government to do this is that companies are typically disincentivized from making public goods. but if they do, great!
wait, why is it bad for companies to do this? the only reason we point to government to do this is that companies are typically disincentivized from making public goods. but if they do, great!
No offense but from a shareholder perspective this seems like a business fail. why is Google taken over state level bioengineering responsibility? If this fails or worse works, the political fallout might destroy value.
Idk man, not sure I want the government to be in charge of implementing AND overseeing these kind of projects.
The media could not be played.
cdc and usda have been doing SIT for decades literally what are you talking about