Announcing a16z Journal Club, a new show where we curate and discuss recent research papers with a16z experts and others.  This new show continues the a16z Podcast mission of not just bringing you conversations about the future (as well as about building companies for this), but of also putting specific trends in context -- whether through news (as with our other show 16 Minutes), or, through journal articles (as with this new show -- which will soon have its own feed as well).  The first episode, of bio journal club, focuses on why specific scientific advances matter from our perspective at the intersection of biology & technology. It is hosted by one of our a16z bio editors, Lauren Richardson, a former senior editor of open-access journal PLOS Biology with a background in cell and molecular biology and genetics (and with a Ph.D. from the University of Washington and a postdoctoral fellowship at UC Berkeley). You will hear it next in this feed, and can also find new episodes here as they come out every few weeks and at a16z.com/journalclub.  ~sonal

“It's Time to Build” by Marc Andreessen.  You can also find and share this essay at a16z.com/build