Thanks for the pointer to the Broad Institute, it does look like an interesting model.
Though there’s probably an inherent tradeoff between “the scientists run the org without being micromanaged” and “the org continues to bring in enough money to provide great common resources.”
I think it would need agreements between people so that a certain percentage of time was spent on sure fire things and could be somewhat managed, but give people enough time to work on the risky/interesting things. I’m interested in what Benquo learns from the communties he is is interested in, I hope there are lessons for this kind of endeavour.
Thanks for the pointer to the Broad Institute, it does look like an interesting model.
I think it would need agreements between people so that a certain percentage of time was spent on sure fire things and could be somewhat managed, but give people enough time to work on the risky/interesting things. I’m interested in what Benquo learns from the communties he is is interested in, I hope there are lessons for this kind of endeavour.