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Exploring the potential of Variant Bio and performance enhancing drugs
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Variant Bio is a company delving into identifying people with exceptional health traits and further exploring the possibilities of enhancing human performance, potentially for disease prevention. The conversation discusses the potential positives and negatives of researching such enhancements and the ethical debates surrounding it.
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Variant Bio is a project that is studying individuals who possess exceptional health traits such as natural immunity to COVID-19 in order to gain an understanding of how these traits work to potentially develop treatments for various diseases.
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Variant Bio is a project that is studying individuals who possess exceptional health traits such as natural immunity to COVID-19 in order to gain an understanding of how these traits work to potentially develop treatments for various diseases.
ChapterExploring the potential of Variant Bio and performance enhancing drugs
Episode#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The case for social media bans can be seen in situations where a potential dictator is attempting to run a coup against democracy, like the storming of the US Capitol.
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The case for social media bans can be seen in situations where a potential dictator is attempting to run a coup against democracy, like the storming of the US Capitol. Taking away a controversial figure's megaphone and preventing their supporters from organizing can help defend democracy, challenging the notion that mild inflation or death are acceptable and pushing for transcendence.