Deep Future

Spotify for Nature — Kevin Slavin 4/4

Deep Future

Show Notes

I talk with Kevin Slavin about building a transaction layer for genomic data: a Spotify-like system that rewards countries and scientists for nature's inventions while keeping research data usable.

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