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D.A. Wallach

@dawallach

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Life sciences & healthcare investor. Occasional recording artist.

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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
2 years
Now that everyone is acting like these are end times, I finally feel optimistic again!
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D.A. Wallach
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@Jason I think it’ll be fine. BTC is still cool.
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
Why does it perpetually seem that the movies about to come out are way more enticing than the movies currently available on all streaming services?
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
7 months
So ridiculously cool. Congrats to @neuralink , in which we are proud investors. And what a great way to share this patient's story; can you imagine any big pharma or device company doing a livestream with dogs and videogames. How medical innovation should be done, with fun and
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
3 years
I think it's always worth asking yourself whether a smart stranger could predict your views on an issue merely by knowing where you live, what you do, and some other basic demographics. If yes, your position may be lazy.
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
Since everyone’s giving hot takes, here’s mine: while I have no affinity for bureaucracies, I’m often impressed by the professionalism and integrity of U.S. government workers, and especially those at the semi-independent agencies like the Fed (or FDIC). It’s impressive how
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D.A. Wallach
7 years
Congratulations to my friend @mikeshinoda on his new record: #OneMoreLight
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
@elonmusk @lexfridman Netflix is terrible these days. Idiocracy content.
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
The striking thing about the LLM-chat products to me is that they expose how mundane and rote most human speaking / "conversation" is. They set a benchmark for boring!
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
1 year
Might the apparent commercial RE downturn create the potential for solving the urban housing crisis?
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
10 years
Congratulations to my oldest friend in music @JanelleMonae on the new Wondaland label. Baller!!! http://t.co/XDiX08t5xQ
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
11 years
"Glowing" by me. Video by Tyler the Creator: http://t.co/nORyfZmIOH
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
1 year
I really enjoyed this conversation with @dylanvneel about my path into and approach to healthcare investing!
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Dylan Neel
1 year
Biomarker interview with @dawallach , GP and co-founder of Time BioVentures. We discuss his music and tech investing careers, lessons learned and applied to #biotech , areas he finds interesting, and what gets the TimeBV team excited in '23. #biomarker
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
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My debut solo album, "Time Machine," is available now: http://t.co/9xK4ps4nxW | http://t.co/NGHJhLGPTS http://t.co/jV0zmmsGg4
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D.A. Wallach
1 year
Exactly correct! We should have zero OOP costs for medically necessary prescription drugs, and insurers (not pharmas) control this! @NPLB_org
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Rep. Jake Auchincloss 🟧
1 year
To lower drug prices for patients, Congress must comprehensively reform the middlemen of drug pricing – PBMs. Piecemeal legislation, even if strong, will just squeeze the balloon, instead of popping the gross-to-net bubble.
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D.A. Wallach
9 months
@Jason There is something to the idea that maybe people who live off loans against their assets should pay something….especially if they get basis step up at death.
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
What’s missing from this (and our whole culture) is any sense of charitability towards each other. Why not presume the rationality and moral integrity of others? What I see here is a bank whose leaders did an ok job, regulators who did an ok job but didn’t identify rate risk as a
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
@waitbutwhy Let’s start a school!
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
Part of why Silicon Valley libertarians are freaking out is that they can’t imagine bureaucrats being talented and understanding the nuance, risk, and urgency here. I’m pretty sure the lack of communication so far has been prudent…folks are working overtime to evaluate a range
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D.A. Wallach
4 years
And they killed the Discord WSB server. WTF? Is this China?
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
Totally right. Even Warren Buffett (when asked by Ackman) described how difficult large banking institution finances are to understand:
@DavidSacks
David Sacks
2 years
. @BillAckman is right. There are two systemic crises underway right now: (1) Startup Extinction Event - thousands of startups and small businesses won’t be able to make payroll and will immediately need to furlow or layoff employees if the FDIC does not release at least a
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
@elonmusk @emollick Means that becoming a professional in these fields doesn't currently require deep thinking.
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
The arrogance of all these armchair economists is staggering. Suddenly, everyone is an expert on why the SVB management were idiots, why FDIC is stupid, why Yellen and Biden are morons, how banks ought to structure and account for their asset portfolios, how regulatory risk
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
11 years
I love Applause.
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
10 years
My buddy @Sia covered iko iko and you can buy it here! http://t.co/HRIaG6TXGq
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
6 years
Had a ton of fun chatting with @PeterAttiaMD on his new podcast, which is enthralling!!!
@PeterAttiaMD
Peter Attia
6 years
Podcast with D.A. Wallach is live: music, medicine, longevity, and disruptive technologies (EP.06) -
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
13 years
ladies, guys are sick of hearing you ask where all the "nice guys" are. they're in the friend zone where you left them. http://t.co/Lyu9AywY
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D.A. Wallach
11 years
I love @fucktyler he is a genius and the "Glowing" video is proof that he is a deep, versatile filmmaker. And sexy2damax.
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
4 years
Moonshots: Can Synthetic Biology’s Wildest Dreams Save Our World? via @forbes
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D.A. Wallach
3 years
My first publication in @NatureMedicine today, on early cancer screening. I'm honored that Sana Raoof, Caleb J. Kennedy, Asaf Bitton and @RobertCGreen saw me as fit to be a part of this!
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
2 years
We should be cheering for the FDIC, Treasury, and Fed right now, not backseat driving. That is actual patriotism. They are our financial army!
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D.A. Wallach
10 months
Brilliant quote from @CliffordAsness in this article: "The same people who think the ubiquity and immediacy of information must mean that prices are more accurate are the same people who 20 years ago thought that social media would make us like each other more."
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Riccardo Puglisi
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A great @FT piece on the history of @CliffordAsness ' @AQRCapital (and of behavioral finance)
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D.A. Wallach
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Whole body MRI paper. Bottom-line - they find lots of stuff, but a lot of false positives. The finding lots of stuff part speaks to the urgency with which we should work on improving these protocols / imaging modalities for general pop surveillance. I continue to be so psyched
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
@elonmusk I’m really searching for a platform that can elicit both emotions at once.
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D.A. Wallach
6 months
@BillAckman @JackBurton625 @SamParkerSenate @POTUS @WCKitchen The issue is not intent. It is that they are playing fast and loose with human life more generally. Just like many other militaries. We should never accept that from any state.
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
13 years
I don't play a lot of games but a friend just sent and this is pretty addictive: http://t.co/SLVX6kiF
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D.A. Wallach
8 years
Prince was easily the best live performer I ever saw. Miles ahead of the second best.
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D.A. Wallach
3 years
Loving @ScottGottliebMD 's new book. Nuanced view of why our system was so vulnerable to this and how we can fix it for the future. And I love Scott's optimism re: how breakthrough technologies got our back big-time, and will keep doing so.
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D.A. Wallach
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@elonmusk Good idea
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D.A. Wallach
10 years
The Big Interview with Dan Rather: Jack White: http://t.co/5bUUegtwEf via @YouTube
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D.A. Wallach
11 years
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
Law enforcement should do a full investigation into key figures who yelled “fire” in the theater last week. They are - in my view - the ones most responsible for this fiasco.
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D.A. Wallach
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@Jason @JeffBezos @laurenepowell Imagine I buy a huge property, depreciate it to a negative basis by refi-ing over and over tax free, then it steps up at death, none of that large wealth creation gets taxed (ever really). No?
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D.A. Wallach
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@deanbphillips Brilliant. Let’s start another war!
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D.A. Wallach
3 months
Excited to be featured on one of my favorite investment newsletters!
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Kevin Gee
3 months
Healthcare + Music are two of the most broken industries. But few have explored, or even have the industry knowledge, to properly analyze and compare them. D.A. Wallach is one who has. D.A. is the Founder of Time BioVentures and the owner of the most winding career path I’ve
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
11 years
I was so proud of @Pharrell last night. Well-deserved. The coolest teacher I've ever had!
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D.A. Wallach
9 years
What's up everyone?! What a summer it's been! Finally done with getting married and checking out Burning Man. Album coming October 16!
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D.A. Wallach
3 years
@CoryTownes Still might be!
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D.A. Wallach
4 years
@shak You are the man Shak!!! Slaying your own demons at 44 means you continue to grow and evolve, the essence of LIFE! Happy birthday my dear friend.
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
On a 1-10, how interesting/important do you think GPT is?
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D.A. Wallach
2 months
@bhorowitz Felicia is awesome. So lame.
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D.A. Wallach
4 years
Just as the establishment ought to consider the possibility that crypto will change everything, crypto people should consider the possibility that BTC is stupid.
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
My homeowners insurance premiums went up 50% last year and are going to go up another 50% this year. Seems outrageous. Anyone else seeing this?
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D.A. Wallach
4 years
Is there a place in the new communications landscape for people who only occasionally have something to say?
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
I kind of rate web apps by how much they remind me of MySpace (in a good way). The more they make me feel like the world is small and weird vs big and boring, the more I dig.
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
4 years
Annoying to see country club hospitals pointing their fingers at everyone else for slow vax distribution. You got massive govt bailouts and don't pay taxes. You don't get extra credit for doing the basic job of caring for very sick people in pandemic.
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
Even kind of understanding crypto makes people feel really smart, which then leads to all kinds of mistakes.
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
Booyah, our government is dope.
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
13 years
The Future of Old: If you're 30 now, what can you expect at 80? (Click for article) - (via 3QD) http://tumblr.com/xig2h6xrqf
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
8 years
What a thrilling night! My first film, La La Land, wins a record number of Golden Globes (inc…
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
8 years
Psyched to release my new song: "White Mirrors and Gold:"
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D.A. Wallach
11 years
Happy Birthday, @Pharrell ! I'm not sure next year could go any better than this one, but here's hoping it does!!!
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
11 years
Race is one of the stupidest things people have ever invented.
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D.A. Wallach
3 years
This is so good! And I couldn’t stop laughing when @bgurley talked about the specific adults who like being avatars.
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Patrick OShaughnessy
3 years
My conversation with @bgurley and @philiprosedale on the Metaverse. This is the most helpful conversation I’ve ever had on the topic because Philip built the largest virtual world to date in Second Life. Experience > hype. So many lessons. Enjoy!
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D.A. Wallach
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"One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests." - John Stuart Mill http://tumblr.com/xig1pickqv
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D.A. Wallach
13 years
I try not to regret anything, but simply to learn.
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D.A. Wallach
9 years
@prince @JanelleMonae man I would give anything to see this! Come to L.A. pleaaase!!!
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D.A. Wallach
12 years
"I can't be a pessimist, because I'm alive." - James Baldwin
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D.A. Wallach
10 years
Anyone else totally into technology but equally tired of the techno-utopian nerdy arrogance wafting from the rich people in SV?
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D.A. Wallach
14 years
Video: Kanye West at Coachella 2011 (Full Concert) (Click to see) http://tumblr.com/xig264otxu
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D.A. Wallach
14 years
Don't let your insecurities lead you to bring others down, as the consequent chain reaction will only make you more insecure.
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D.A. Wallach
4 years
I do find it funny that everyone is now using the word sedition.
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D.A. Wallach
8 years
@matsoR how do you know none of the characters were gay?
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D.A. Wallach
14 years
Failure is just success deferred.
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D.A. Wallach
9 months
@BillAckman @Harvard The dude is a world expert on antisemitism and anti-zionism. Is anything ever satisfactory to you?!
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@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
2 years
Let the record show...
@dawallach
D.A. Wallach
2 years
Since everyone’s giving hot takes, here’s mine: while I have no affinity for bureaucracies, I’m often impressed by the professionalism and integrity of U.S. government workers, and especially those at the semi-independent agencies like the Fed (or FDIC). It’s impressive how
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D.A. Wallach
9 years
Twitter listening party to my new album tomorrow at 1:30pm. We can all listen together and I'll provide commentary.
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D.A. Wallach
14 years
Knocking out some tracks w @JAYBUMAOM .
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D.A. Wallach
7 years
Very pleased to announce our investment in @memphismeats
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D.A. Wallach
3 months
I've been a proud investor in Q for 8 years. Really excited for this machine to get to patients! Startup Q Bio raises $27 million to build its own full-body scanner via @statnews
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D.A. Wallach
11 years
I love that I never get to the end of all the interesting stuff that there is to learn. Curiosity is just the greatest gift.
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D.A. Wallach
13 years
Video: Tommy Lee’s new 360 roller coaster drum solo. Incredible. http://tumblr.com/xig3j8xd2p
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D.A. Wallach
2 years
White Lotus 2 is great.
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D.A. Wallach
6 years
Thanks for letting me thizz out in your space helmet @elonmusk . #CRO
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D.A. Wallach
12 years
If you close your eyes during music, you see things. Try it. If the music doesn't make you see things, you're only scratching the surface.
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D.A. Wallach
15 years
Fashion is awesome if you want to throw out all your shit every 3 months. Style is a more practical alternative.
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D.A. Wallach
12 years
You peoples still awake? I can't stop listening to music. I am addicted to music. I AM MUSIC. CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP. BOOM LET'S GO FUCK YEAH
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D.A. Wallach
11 years
Does anyone think Madonna is still cool? Why not just age gracefully and stop trying to be "relevant?" Seems immature.
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D.A. Wallach
10 years
Incredibly proud of Chester French's original drummer Damien, whose movie whiplash just got 5 Oscar noms, inc for Best Picture! Go see!
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D.A. Wallach
10 years
Is it possible that the Apple watch is ugly?
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