A thing that keeps me up at night is that there is almost certainly, today, something which might not be shaped like penicillin but has a similar level of impact, and which is really sweating the next thousand dollars.

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A thing that keeps me up at night is that there is almost certainly, today, something which might not be shaped like penicillin but has a similar level of impact, and which is really sweating the next thousand dollars.

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Replying to @jasoncrawford

This is the most astonishing part of the story to me. If you had a crystal ball in 1928 and you could peer into the future of any scientific discovery, you would have been screaming to the world, “Guys, GUYS! OVER HERE! *This* one!” [pointing furiously at Fleming/Penicillium]