In Episode #026 I discuss WeWork's spectacular rise and recent declaration of bankruptcy, how shared working spaces evolve in startup science labs, and compare traditional scientific institutions versus the biohacker movement.

Oh and we also talk about the thorny topic of of negotiating your startup package when opening your first lab - all in this week's episode of the podcast.

Chapters:

(0:00) Introduction

(1:08) What a WeWork membership costs

(3:04) Why WeWork went bankrupt

(5:28) The Cost of Starting your own Science lab

(11:10) Giant shared working spaces in Science

(13:52) The Reproducibility crisis

(15:54) Biohacking versus Traditional Science

Show notes:

The Wildest Moments of WeWork’s rise

What does WeWork Cost (per employee)

What does it cost to start a lab?

The Replication Crisis

How does Biohacking work?

Dangers of biohacking

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