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This isyet  another fascinating demonstration of pushingbeyond  the envelope of scientific knowledge through with  new observations, experiments, and tools. Galileo did it with a telescope and by publishing the first recognizable \href{https://www.authorea.com/users/3/articles/6316/_show_article}{modern scientific paper} 400 years ago. And \href{https://www.authorea.com/users/9932/articles/23563/_show_article}{Esther Lederberg} did it over 60 years ago when she freely shared samples of and methods for replica platingof  bacterial cultures. But this isn't necessarily why the article is extremely informative.\\  It can serve as a metaphor for why open access, science, and data can do. More fundamental, it shows the power of sharing in adverse circumstances. How it betters both parties.\\  How \textbf{harnessing the powers of community effects is awesome}.  By sharing resources - be it necessary metabolic machinery to sustain life or scholarly expertise and knowledge - we help promote growth, development, improvement. Think about these bacteria for a minute: they are amongsome of  the smallest, most basic units of life on Earth. Their lives are brutish, any Any  given species relying relies  on massive numbers to keep alive. in existence.\\  And yet it was \textbf{necessary for these single cells \textbf{evolutionarily favorable  to evolvemechanisms for  sharing mechanisms  when entirely different species are struggling}. The flip side to this is that any species a species's  membersdied out  who didn't have evolve  this innate ability. trait died out.  Think about that the next time a student or colleague asks for help.