I am always fascinated by these concerns. The data available on you today (financial history, social data, search histories) is more complete, concrete and actionable than one's genomics data. I say this as someone who works in this area.
"I have lost all my privacy already and this is another dataset that I have no say over so why fight? You are powerless regardless. Oh and I work for the companies that benefit from your data."
As someone who has spent a considerable amount of time on data that has ended up on this page, I think the fact that the list hasn't grown says more about the priorities of other companies than of AWS. Amazon doesn't (yet) have time to build and maintain these datasets themselves: they work with others to build and maintain it and then fund the storage and transmission fees.
I helped build the Terrain Tiles dataset as part of Mapzen, which recently shut down. The OpenStreetMap data exists on the AWS Public Datasets page because it's useful to Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. If you're able to convince your company to generate and work with a public dataset, consider reaching out to the AWS and Google public datasets teams to get it hosted and publicized.
In my experience, the list that AWS keeps on their public page isn't completely up to date. There are two major datasets in the neuroimaging community that are hosted in S3 (see my comment elsewhere on this page), but AWS hasn't widely publicized this fact for some reason.
Blackfynn | Engineers (Full Stack, Front End) | Philadelphia | Full-time, On Site | http://blackfynn.com
We're a life sciences software startup building a data management and analysis platform which integrates complex scientific and clinical data. We're a driven, curious group of engineers building something that has a meaningful impact. Our mission is bold, our team is experienced, and our product is ambitious. We're looking for engineers and data scientists to help us bring it to life.
We love individuals who are curious about domains outside of the ones we normally operate in, enjoy polyglot codebases, consider themselves a generalist, and desire to work on products that make a positive impact. The bar for software in this field is, unfortunately, low. We want to change that in a massive way.
Today our stack includes the following (it's constantly evolving, we're right tool for the job people):
We're well funded and have excellent traction on a number of significant partnerships. The product team is a great crew, pragmatic, super bright, without egos, and passionate about our work. Our code is well tested and structured.
Blackfynn | Engineers (Full Stack, Front End, Data) | Philadelphia | Full-time, On Site | http://blackfynn.com
We're a life sciences software startup building a data platform which integrates complex scientific and clinical data to enable therapeutics for disease.
Neurologic conditions affect one in six people worldwide. We want to improve their lives. We're a driven, curious group wielding data science and building software that meaningfully impacts humans. Our mission is bold, our team is experienced, and our product is ambitious. We're looking for engineers and data scientists to help us bring it to life.
We love individuals who are curious about domains outside of the ones we normally operate in, enjoy polyglot codebases, consider themselves a generalist, and desire to work on products that make a positive, meaningful impact. The bar for software in this field is, unfortunately, low. We want to change that in a massive way.
Today our stack includes the following (it's constantly evolving, we're right tool for the job people):
We're well funded and have excellent traction on a number of significant partnerships. The product team is a great crew, pragmatic, super bright, without egos, and passionate about our work. Our code is well tested and structured.
Blackfynn is a growing startup that builds software to help researchers, life scientists, and medical professionals do collaborative and team science, notably in the field of neuroscience. We're a driven, curious group wielding data science and building software that meaningfully impacts humans. Our mission is bold, our team is experienced, and our product is ambitious. We're looking for builders to help us bring it to life.
We love individuals who are curious about domains outside of the ones we normally operate in, enjoy polyglot codebases, consider themselves a generalist, and desire to work on products that make a positive impact. The bar for software in this field is, unfortunately, low. We want to change that in a massive way.
We're well funded and have excellent traction on a number of significant partnerships. The product team is a great crew, super bright, without egos, and passionate about our work.
If you're interested, I'd love to talk. chris @ blackfynn.com
The problem is thus: one should, when found to be in alignment with the mainstream, or in other words, part of a monoculture, ask themselves whether they have probed deeply enough into the question of how one should live a life, for true wisdom is rare by nature, and if one follows common wisdom, one is most likely in error.
