Killer scoop here from @chrisdangelo and his team:

Regardless of what you think about de-extinction technology, it raises some real questions about transparency and fairness toward rival startups that Doug Burgum is using his post as Interior secretary to promote a company with which his administration as North Dakota governor had close ties.

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Killer scoop here from @chrisdangelo and his team:

Regardless of what you think about de-extinction technology, it raises some real questions about transparency and fairness toward rival startups that Doug Burgum is using his post as Interior secretary to promote a company with which his administration as North Dakota governor had close ties. 


https://www.publicdomain.media/p/interior-doug-burgum-colossal-biosciences-deextinction?r=9wuu&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

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Not that this shouldn’t be reported, I’m just looking for any examples of transparency and fairness, period.

It’s wild that we’re talking about bringing back extinct species and political favoritism in the same breath

Why conserve something when you have the patent to re-create it?