No. 22: The new ABC's, defining your personal story, and how to play Wordle with friends
Looking ahead is the way to map your unique path forward.
First, some numbers…
$3.44 trillion - The global biotechnology market size is expected to be worth around US$ 3.44 trillion by 2030 from valued at US$ 852.88 billion in 2020
13.1 billion light years- Galaxies captured in the first image from the James Webb telescope took place 13.1 billion years ago
6 trillion - One light year is equal to 6 trillion miles
The new ABC’s you should know about
In a recent interview with McKinsey Quarterly, Mark Andreesen of venture firm, a16z, describes the new ABC’s and the talent flow moving into the space.
Artificial intelligence [AI] is the A. There are all these amazing technologies around deep learning, machine learning, GPT-3 [generative pretrained transformer 3], DALL-E, this new, image-generation thing from open AI, and so forth.
Biotech is the B, with genomics and now the mRNA revolution, and the revolution of bringing together the disciplines of biology and engineering. That’s a big hill to climb.
And the third, the C, is crypto and Web3, which is a revolution around distributed consensus, building trusted networks on the internet, and all the things that follow from that.
Now, why are we confident that those are the hills to climb? If you check stock prices on any given day, it sure seems like people are less fired up about these technologies than they were six months ago.
The core thing that we do is track talent flows. And the thing that we know for sure is that the smartest people in the world, the smartest kids graduating from college, and the smartest industry professionals are flooding into those three sectors. There’s an incredible wave of talent in the form of top-end engineers, scientists, executives, and founders flooding into those three sectors. In our world, that’s not completely predictive, but that’s as predictive as you can get.
Read the full interview at McKinsey
How young people can define their unique personal story
Although written for struggling entrepreneurs, “clarifying your niche” is also helpful for young people looking to set themselves apart from the crowd.
Read the full thread @jspector
Weekend fun: With WordPlay, challenge your friends with this Wordle alternative
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Till next time…
This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit. - Stephen King, On Writing
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