Going Founder Mode on Cancer

Going Founder Mode on Cancer(centuryofbio.com)

18 points by nextos 51 days ago | 9 comments

nextos 51 days ago |

codemog 50 days ago |

Was this AI modified or something? The writing is very odd. I wish it could go for more than 3 sentences without talking about how great our genius billionaires are.

Also this isn’t that interesting: billionaires have access to the best teams and clinical trials available. Of course?

Centigonal 50 days ago | |

The author is a partner at a VC firm[0]. One purpose of content like this is to inspire future founders-to-be to make the jump to start their own companies (and consider working with the author's firm). To do this, one necessarily must glorify the end state of such a journey. Also, founder-centric VC firms tend to attract people with an optimistic view of founders.

[0] https://www.amplifypartners.com/team/elliot-hershberg

codemog 50 days ago | | |

Makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.

croisillon 50 days ago | |

hard to pinpoint, it's not the traditional AI voice but feels very weird indeed, maybe dumbed down to not give AI telltales? the paragraph mentioning Magic Johnson is somewhere between a kid's recounting and name-dropping for the sake of it

blindriver 50 days ago | | |

You're probably not old enough to remember when Magic Johnson was diagnosed with AIDS. I was in college and I remember the moment when I heard like a flashbulb memory. I was in my dorm cafeteria near the windows eating dinner with my friends. It was an extremely significant event because AIDS was a huge deal at the time and the fact someone like Magic Johnson got it was utterly shocking. Everyone thought the same thing, that he was going to die soon. There was even a controversy later on about him playing basketball where he could get a cut and potentially pass it along to others. The fact he was still alive after many years and then his HIV count went down to zero is a miracle of modern science.