Listen ⚡️ DeSci Ep. #3 | Why Scientists Are the Unappreciated Creator Class—with Jocelynn Pearl of LabDAO
“How science is published is an archaic system. In a way, it takes away money, tax dollars, from the research that's happening. And then a lot of it lives behind a paywall, and huge portions of the planet can't even access this information that's supposed to be a part of our shared knowledge base.” — Jocelynn Pearl
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE
The internet has given content creators of all kinds a way to monetize their talents. Writers have Medium. Teachers and vloggers have YouTube. But scientists don’t have a platform to earn money for their research.
That’s why Dr. Jocelynn Pearl calls scientists the ‘unappreciated creator class.’ And that’s why she’s working to further the DeSci movement, leveraging Web3 technology to enable breakthrough research through better incentives. A molecular and cellular biologist by training, Jocelynn serves as cofounder of LabDAO, a design marketplace for life science research, and host of The UltraRare Podcast, a show about the builders behind the decentralized science movement.
On this episode of Boost VC, Jocelynn joins us to explain how DeSci solves for speed of translation and communicates science better than existing systems, exploring how the movement might specifically facilitate breakthroughs around rare disease. Jocelynn discusses how academia owns the best scientific minds without rewarding them appropriately and describes how DAOs offer alternatives to classic academic publishing and drug development.
Listen in as Jocelynn makes the case that scientists are the unappreciated creator class and learn how access to the right advisors and capital can accelerate the decentralized science movement.
Topics Covered
How Jocelynn defines science
Process of exploring unanswered questions
Conversation among people trained to be critical
How Jocelynn defines decentralized science
Way of democratizing resources
Communicate science better than existing systems
What inspired Jocelynn’s interest in DeSci
Centralization of research inhibits progress
Solve for speed of translation, cost reduction
How DeSci might facilitate breakthroughs in rare disease
Explore drug development through DAOs
Communication of collective knowledge
Leveraging DeSci to incentivize scientific research
Change academic publishing through tokenization
Allow patient group to co-own drug development
Why Jocelynn sees scientists as the unappreciated creator class
Writers have Medium, vloggers have YouTube
No platform for scientists to monetize content
What needs to change for scientists to be appreciated creators
Activists like Seemay Chou who encourage sharing
Alternative model to academic publishing
How academia owns the best minds (without rewarding them)
Earn $30K/year working full-time in PhD program
Does form you as scientist and provides network
How CROs address the lab space shortage
Stands for contract research organization
Farm out research can’t perform in-house
The challenges of establishing decentralized science
Traditional academia and publishing will fight back
Much work required to override existing system
What's stopping the DeSci space from accelerating faster
Struggles to bring in advising and capital
Working on projects outside day jobs
Jocelynn’s definition of success
Lasting change in scientific ecosystem
Pivot how progress happens
Connect with Jocelynn Pearl
Jocelynn’s Website https://www.jocelynnpearl.com/
LabDAO https://www.labdao.xyz/
LabDAO on Twitter https://twitter.com/lab_dao
LabDAO on GitHub https://github.com/labdao
LabDAO on Discord https://discord.com/invite/labdao
UltraRare Podcast https://rss.com/podcasts/ultrarare/
Resources
A Guide to Decentralized Biotech https://future.com/a-guide-to-decentralized-biotech/
The DeSci Wiki https://www.jocelynnpearl.com/
Molecule Protocol https://www.molecule.to/
Ben Hills https://twitter.com/0xboodle
Vibe Bio https://www.vibebio.com/
Experiment.com https://experiment.com/
Arcadia Science https://www.arcadia.science/
Invisible College https://www.invisiblecollege.xyz/
Charles River Laboratories https://www.criver.com/
Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss on Boost VC EP102 https://podbay.fm/p/the-boost-vc-podcast/e/1606903200
Manhattan Project https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-manhattan-project
Thiel Fellowship http://www.thielfellowship.org/