Mark JohnsonWhat’s broken in commercializing science?“Scientific progress is one essential key to our security as a nation, to our better health, to more jobs, to a higher standard of living…Nov 27, 20235Nov 27, 20235
Mark JohnsonExperiments with grant-making in web3Stand Together is launching two experiments in using web3 to create a framework for bottom-up grant-making.Sep 14, 2022Sep 14, 2022
Mark JohnsonMeditations: A Requiem for Descartes LabsThoughts from the founding CEO of Descartes Labs after its exit in 2022.Aug 4, 202218Aug 4, 202218
Mark JohnsonWhy Gödel, Escher, Bach is the most influential book in my life.Musings on Hofstadter’s phenomenal book about computation, consciousness, and epistemology.Feb 23, 202282Feb 23, 202282
Mark JohnsonMoving from .com to .orgThis week, I joined Stand Together, a philanthropic community, as their inaugural CTO.Feb 10, 20224Feb 10, 20224
Mark JohnsonBayer+Microsoft: A digital platform for agriculture?Plus thoughts on FBN and Growmark+CHSNov 19, 2021Nov 19, 2021
Mark JohnsonThe Day the Grain Marketplace DiedGrain marketplaces were supposed to disrupt the grain industry, but have failed for two decades. Maybe it’s time to rethink the strategy.Oct 12, 20212Oct 12, 20212
Mark JohnsonLessons from building an agricultural data refineryGrainBridge released our first data feature last quarter on top of a data refinery. Here are some lessons we learned.Jul 20, 20211Jul 20, 20211
Mark JohnsonHow GrainBridge became a product development machineReflection after 1 year at the helm of GrainBridge about how the company was able to ship product.May 9, 20211May 9, 20211
Mark JohnsonResearching Carbon in Agriculture :: Sequestration & MarketplacesCarbon sequestration is a hot topic in agriculture. This post presents a thesis on why and what research needs to be done.Apr 8, 20211Apr 8, 20211