Jan Matusiewicz
@jan-matusiewicz.bsky.social
Software Engineer in Google Ads. Works in statistics and Machine Learning.
Help me understand why artificial gene drive is so rarely mentioned in the media. When informing about struggles to fight malaria or screwworm fly infesting Texas they don't mention a potential ultimate solution of eradicating the screwworm or mosquito species responsible for 500k deaths a year.
What is gene drive and how could it help in the fight against malaria?
The technology, which enables a gene to spread itself through a population, might prove a significant tool for disease prevention
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Help me understand why artificial gene drive is so rarely mentioned in the media. When informing about struggles to fight malaria or screwworm fly infesting Texas they don't mention a potential ultimate solution of eradicating the screwworm or mosquito species responsible for 500k deaths a year.
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The Wuhan lab is STILL doing unsafe research that could trigger a pandemic AND getting prestigious pubs as incentive.😫
To fix this for the future, we have to admit we were deliberately misled on the possibility of a lab leak in the past. Horrid but true.
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
To fix this for the future, we have to admit we were deliberately misled on the possibility of a lab leak in the past. Horrid but true.
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
March 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The Wuhan lab is STILL doing unsafe research that could trigger a pandemic AND getting prestigious pubs as incentive.😫
To fix this for the future, we have to admit we were deliberately misled on the possibility of a lab leak in the past. Horrid but true.
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
To fix this for the future, we have to admit we were deliberately misled on the possibility of a lab leak in the past. Horrid but true.
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
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The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
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Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
@karaswisher.bsky.social discusses Elon Musk's goals in government — and the factors that have led to his radicalization.
open.spotify.com/episode/5GXG...
@karaswisher.bsky.social discusses Elon Musk's goals in government — and the factors that have led to his radicalization.
open.spotify.com/episode/5GXG...
What Elon Musk Wants
The Ezra Klein Show · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
@karaswisher.bsky.social discusses Elon Musk's goals in government — and the factors that have led to his radicalization.
open.spotify.com/episode/5GXG...
@karaswisher.bsky.social discusses Elon Musk's goals in government — and the factors that have led to his radicalization.
open.spotify.com/episode/5GXG...
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I love it when tech CEOs blog about their competitors. Fascinating Dario Amodei post on DeepSeek and what it means about export controls darioamodei.com/on-deepseek-...
January 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I love it when tech CEOs blog about their competitors. Fascinating Dario Amodei post on DeepSeek and what it means about export controls darioamodei.com/on-deepseek-...
A ‘Second Tree of Life’ Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/s...
A ‘Second Tree of Life’ Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn
Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too dangerous, biologists said.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 10:12 PM
A ‘Second Tree of Life’ Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/s...
There are many assumptions of AGI safety discourse I write about here: medium.com/@jan.matusie... for example:
- assuming that AGI will have goals and values
- treating alignment of chatbots and alignment of future AGI as solving the same problem
- implying that superintelligence -> superpower
- assuming that AGI will have goals and values
- treating alignment of chatbots and alignment of future AGI as solving the same problem
- implying that superintelligence -> superpower
AGI safety — discourse clarification
The topic of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) and its safety is becoming increasingly visible. Different positions on this matter may…
medium.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:47 PM
There are many assumptions of AGI safety discourse I write about here: medium.com/@jan.matusie... for example:
- assuming that AGI will have goals and values
- treating alignment of chatbots and alignment of future AGI as solving the same problem
- implying that superintelligence -> superpower
- assuming that AGI will have goals and values
- treating alignment of chatbots and alignment of future AGI as solving the same problem
- implying that superintelligence -> superpower
Wouldn't it be great to eliminate malaria once and for all by getting rid of its mosquito carriers? Or to save cattle in South America from the screwworm fly tormenting it? We can do it thanks to artificial gene drive. Why isn't it discussed further? www.gatesnotes.com/Test-tube-mo...
November 30, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Wouldn't it be great to eliminate malaria once and for all by getting rid of its mosquito carriers? Or to save cattle in South America from the screwworm fly tormenting it? We can do it thanks to artificial gene drive. Why isn't it discussed further? www.gatesnotes.com/Test-tube-mo...