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The largest of all our proteins is called titin, which helps to control muscle elasticity. Its chemical name is 189,819 letters long, which would make it the longest word in the English language except that dictionaries don’t recognize chemical names.
Speaker 0: It was in the first place, a direct push to a human frontier that currently doesn't exist, but it was also a pretty interesting political experiment if we could build, you know, hundreds of governments out at the sea in competition with each other. We'd end up with a really great sense after, let's say a generation or so of what really works in terms of government.
Patri Friedman // Starting Over
Anatomy of Next
As in venture capital, a trial-and-error approach can help gradually gain trust for big ideas. Yet precisely because of their proximity to residents, cities can be even more innovative and risk-taking when it comes to working with people, including through venture civics — a process that involves providing start-up capital to incubate and invest in promising ideas that foster civic engagement and democratic participation.
What Cities Can Learn From Venture Capital
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