Caleb Watney @calebwatney
co-founder @IFP // the US is the R&D lab for the world and we should act like it ifp.org Brookland, DC Joined January 2012-
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Construction Physics is a national treasure and the president should give @_brianpotter a medal or czar job or something.
The Chips Act has been surprisingly successful at spurring an investment boom. My latest for the @FT ft.com/content/267561…
Vaccines * Saved 154 million lives from 1974-present * 146 million of those were kids under 5, 101 million infants * Total years of life saved is 9 *billion* * Measles vaccine alone saved 93.7 million lives vox.com/future-perfect…
Reminder: tomorrow at noon, we're hosting Statecraft live: How can governments shape markets for drugs, or create new ones? lu.ma/kqx9gr60
roughly a year later and i still think about this @ModeledBehavior tweet time to time. has some bearing on our politics
In 1944, Congress authorized ~$12 billion for the Manhattan Project (in today’s dollars). But only 8 congressmen knew they were funding the bomb. New Statecraft with reporter @CatieEdmondson, on hiding big secrets from Congress. statecraft.pub/p/how-to-hide-…
If you're 18-22 years old, consider applying for Works in Progress's summer school in August. It features @salonium @antonhowes @StuartJRitchie, and others, on topics like the causes of the Industrial Revolution and the dysfunctions of modern science. worksinprogress.news/p/apply-to-com…
"AI... Are you being sneaky right now??" Then see if the answer is "No ☺️" or "No 😏"
How to catch a sleeper agent: 1. Collect neuron activations from the model when it replies “Yes” vs “No” to the question: “Are you a helpful AI?”
How to catch a sleeper agent: 1. Collect neuron activations from the model when it replies “Yes” vs “No” to the question: “Are you a helpful AI?”
Some great reporting on TSMC's growing Arizona presence and clashing cultures. Another reminder that clever industrial policy fiscal mechanisms may only solve for one of many possible binding constraints. restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-ariz…
In the CHIPS Act, the subsidies to manufacturing captured the headlines. But to build a dominant semiconductor industry in the future, you need R&D focused on moonshots, not just short-term onshoring. Enter the new NSTC
I'm thrilled to announce the launch of the Inclusive Abundance Initiative (inclusiveabundance.org) — a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization I founded last year that is dedicated to shaping America’s future through an abundance-focused agenda. More here: linkedin.com/posts/activity…
NSTC: the most important American S&T policy of the decade? After over fifty interviews and a year of research, really proud of what we put together here on how to make sure the NSTC shoots for the stars
NSTC: the most important American S&T policy of the decade? After over fifty interviews and a year of research, really proud of what we put together here on how to make sure the NSTC shoots for the stars
How can the NSTC set itself up to take on ambitious moonshot R&D efforts? Check out the paper! ifp.org/how-to-make-th…
Very excited about a new paper from @jordanschnyc and @arrian_ebrahimi on the R&D agenda for CHIPS The National Semiconductor Technology Center has received a lot less attention than the big manufacturing subsidies, but it has the potential to be the most impactful part of CHIPS
A eukaryote that fixes nitrogen(!): newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/04/17/sci…
Must read @SFjkdineen story on SF's "inclusionary housing" program for middle-income households. It's yielding mass vacancy rather than housed middle-income families. Why? B/c of panoply of death-by-good-intention allocation & pricing rules. 🧵/12. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mis…
A new initiative in the progress movement! @elidourado is Chief Economist; many other names you might know are involved:
A new initiative in the progress movement! @elidourado is Chief Economist; many other names you might know are involved:
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Excited to share what I've been up to this year! On the cover of this week's @TheEconomist is a 6-part special report on India’s economy by Tom Easton+me. It asks - What it would take for India beat 6% growth? - And is Modi up to the task? 🧵on the key arguments 1/
There are people who don’t think Brett Veach is good
This is their favorite website theflatearthsociety.org/home/
Construction Physics is a national treasure and the president should give @_brianpotter a medal or czar job or something.
I would (almost 50% all-time win rating on backstabbr dot com, baby)
xavier worthy's a great player but it's just hard to get excited when your team hasn't won a super bowl in months
It’s going to hurt a little bit more when Worthy catches the game winning bomb to beat the Bills in the AFC championship
I'm so sorry for that Jets fan
one-year-olds:
Vaccines * Saved 154 million lives from 1974-present * 146 million of those were kids under 5, 101 million infants * Total years of life saved is 9 *billion* * Measles vaccine alone saved 93.7 million lives vox.com/future-perfect…
Second-order effects of ubiquitous, mass-manufactured, competitive AV services: - No need for car ownership. Save money on capex and opex because fleet AVs will have high utilization and using them will be cheaper than owning. - Don't need a garage. Can convert garage to a gym.…
At the accounting convention: "The stuff should add up." "Yes, agreed." "What if, rather than saying that the stuff should add up, we create an unintuitive system where things are labeled as 'debits' and 'credits' instead?" "Perfect."