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#18: Alec Stapp - The Institute for Progress, American Dynamism, and Fixing Governance
Alec Stapp is the co-founder and co-CEO of the Institute for Progress, a non-profit think tank dedicated to accelerating scientific, technological, and industrial progress.
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Why can’t smart people fix the Bay Area?
3:38 - How to get normal people on board with IFP
10:23 - How to get smart people into governance
15:55 - How IFP chose its priorities
21:56 - How will IFP avoid mission creep?
24:17 - How important is academia today?
26:03 - Would Alec press a button to fully open borders?
29:45 - How prepared are we for another pandemic?
33:16 - Why don’t easy wins happen?
36:17 - Is Biden’s spending good?
40:51 - How important is the repeal of Chevron deference?
43:23 - Are land value taxes good?
45:01 - “The Project” for AGI and AI Alignment
48:19 - Is globalism dying?
50:32 - Overrated or Underrated?
59:28 - The most overrated issue
1:00:26 - The most underrated issue
Links
Institute for Progress: ifp.org
“Progress Is A Policy Choice” founding essay by Alec Stapp and Caleb Watney: https://ifp.org/progress-is-a-policy-choice/
“How to Reuse the Operation Warp Speed Model” by Arielle D’Souza: https://ifp.org/how-to-reuse-the-operation-warp-speed-model/
“How to Be a Policy Entrepreneur in the American Vetocracy” by Alec Stapp: https://ifp.org/how-to-be-a-policy-entrepreneur-in-the-american-vetocracy/
“To Speed Up Scientific Progress, We Need to Understand Science Policy”: https://ifp.org/to-speed-up-scientific-progress-we-need-to-understand-science-policy/
“But Seriously, How Do We Make an Entrepreneurial State?” by Caleb Watney: https://ifp.org/how-do-we-make-an-entrepreneurial-state/
Construction Physics newsletter by Brian Potter: https://constructionphysics.substack.com/
Macroscience newsletter by Tim Hwang: https://www.macroscience.org/
Statecraft newsletter by Santi Ruiz: https://www.statecraft.pub/
IFP’s Twitter: x.com/IFP
Alec’s Twitter: x.com/AlecStapp
Transcript: https://www.theojaffee.com/p/18-alec-stapp
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YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/57jr42wk
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mrxkkhb4
Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/yck8pnmf
My Twitter: https://x.com/theojaffee
My Substack: https://www.theojaffee.com
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By Theo JaffeeAlec Stapp is the co-founder and co-CEO of the Institute for Progress, a non-profit think tank dedicated to accelerating scientific, technological, and industrial progress.
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Why can’t smart people fix the Bay Area?
3:38 - How to get normal people on board with IFP
10:23 - How to get smart people into governance
15:55 - How IFP chose its priorities
21:56 - How will IFP avoid mission creep?
24:17 - How important is academia today?
26:03 - Would Alec press a button to fully open borders?
29:45 - How prepared are we for another pandemic?
33:16 - Why don’t easy wins happen?
36:17 - Is Biden’s spending good?
40:51 - How important is the repeal of Chevron deference?
43:23 - Are land value taxes good?
45:01 - “The Project” for AGI and AI Alignment
48:19 - Is globalism dying?
50:32 - Overrated or Underrated?
59:28 - The most overrated issue
1:00:26 - The most underrated issue
Links
Institute for Progress: ifp.org
“Progress Is A Policy Choice” founding essay by Alec Stapp and Caleb Watney: https://ifp.org/progress-is-a-policy-choice/
“How to Reuse the Operation Warp Speed Model” by Arielle D’Souza: https://ifp.org/how-to-reuse-the-operation-warp-speed-model/
“How to Be a Policy Entrepreneur in the American Vetocracy” by Alec Stapp: https://ifp.org/how-to-be-a-policy-entrepreneur-in-the-american-vetocracy/
“To Speed Up Scientific Progress, We Need to Understand Science Policy”: https://ifp.org/to-speed-up-scientific-progress-we-need-to-understand-science-policy/
“But Seriously, How Do We Make an Entrepreneurial State?” by Caleb Watney: https://ifp.org/how-do-we-make-an-entrepreneurial-state/
Construction Physics newsletter by Brian Potter: https://constructionphysics.substack.com/
Macroscience newsletter by Tim Hwang: https://www.macroscience.org/
Statecraft newsletter by Santi Ruiz: https://www.statecraft.pub/
IFP’s Twitter: x.com/IFP
Alec’s Twitter: x.com/AlecStapp
Transcript: https://www.theojaffee.com/p/18-alec-stapp
More Episodes
YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/57jr42wk
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mrxkkhb4
Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/yck8pnmf
My Twitter: https://x.com/theojaffee
My Substack: https://www.theojaffee.com
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