| | Hello New Harvest,
Are you familiar with the prisoner’s dilemma?
The prisoner's dilemma is *the* standard example of a scenario that shows why two completely rational individuals might not cooperate, even if it appears that it is in their best interests to do so.
In a field with such an outsized proportion of R&D dollars in private sector, it often feels like cell ag is stuck in a prisoner’s dilemma. If private companies collaborated and shared more, wouldn’t we all be better off?
That’s why I’m pumped to share this project that we’ve supported through the cellular agriculture Science Engine, a partnership between Robert Downey Jr.’s FootPrint Coalition, Experiment.com, and New Harvest.
Give this project page a read through - it touches on so many topics that are near and dear to our mission of maximizing the positive impact of cellular agriculture. |
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🤝What values will support collaboration in cellular agriculture?
Julieta Cardenas
New York University
Cultivated meat could help secure global protein demand without animal slaughter and with reduced environmental impacts. Yet, the venture capital funding model and proprietary licensing strategies that dominate the field are holding back its potential.
For cellular agriculture to meet its goals, the field should look at open innovation in software and biotech to create intellectual property pools, commons and licensing strategies that can support collaboration. Julia will interview people in cell ag to understand how to incentivize this type of collaboration. |
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Yet another critical piece of social science research! Can’t wait to see what Julieta discovers.
If you would like to send thoughts, insights, or words of encouragement to the lead researcher, Julieta Cardenas, she can be reached at julieta....@me.com
That's all for this first batch of projects to share! We have a summary of all the projects on the blog here.
Thanks so much for following along!
All the best, |
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