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2 people · 3 quotes · 11 Sep 2024 to 18 Mar 2026
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Friedberg reports seeing 50% per-acre yield increases in plants by simply turning genes on or off.
“having seen how turning certain genes on or off in a plant can extraordinarily expand the productivity of that plant and increase farmers' yields by 50% per acre, by just turning a gene off.”
Friedberg says turning genes on or off can increase farmer yields by 50% per acre, capabilities impossible ten years ago.
“It really is astounding what we can do today that we literally couldn't do ten years ago.”
Marks says private credit's yield advantage over public credit recently narrowed to just 125 basis points, eliminating its specialness.
“It struck me that 125 basis points for a liquidity premium was about fair. It was probably adequate, but certainly not lush, and so, in my opinion, the specialness had gone away.”