From the Vault: Progress — With Alec Stapp

Tech Policy Podcast

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4.8 • 45 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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From April 12, 2022 (Episode 317): Alec Stapp discusses the work, goals, and philosophy of his innovative new think tank, Institute for Progress. Topics include: - Metascience: the key field you’ve never heard of - Tech industry 🤝 policy wonks - Alec’s theory of change - How to evangelize for progress - Baby making music (j/k not j/k) - The need for an abundance agenda Links: Institute for Progress (https://ifp.org/) Tech Policy Podcast 381: American Techno-Industrial Leadership — With Noah Smith (https://tinyurl.com/3we33yrt) Tech Policy Podcast 327: The Collapse of Complex Societies — With Joseph Tainter (https://tinyurl.com/48v8d6u9)

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0:00.0	I'm Welcome back to the tech policy podcast.
0:29.4	I'm Corbyn Barthold.
0:31.5	Next week, Marshall Kosloff, host of the Realignment podcast, will be on to discuss the abundance agenda,
0:41.1	what it is, why it matters, why we need it.
0:47.2	Marshall is an indispensable voice in the policy world, so articulate, so fun to talk to.
0:57.4	I'm very excited to share my conversation with him.
1:04.6	But first, to get us warmed up, I'm pulling an episode from the vault.
1:11.4	This is another great conversation featuring another fantastic guest.
1:21.0	Back in April 2022, Alex Stapp, co-CEO of the innovative new think tank Institute for Progress, join the show to discuss several of the same topics I'll be covering next week
1:25.9	with Marshall.
1:28.0	Alec explained the importance of meta-science.
1:32.8	He talked about how to get the tech industry and policy wants to understand each other and work
1:38.5	together.
1:39.5	He laid out his theory of change, which is to say how to get progress-oriented ideas implemented
1:46.8	through legislation.
1:48.7	He shared some thoughts on how to evangelize for progress, how to create a culture that supports
1:55.9	it, and we close things out by discussing, yes, the need for an abundance agenda.
2:03.9	When Alec and I recorded this episode, Institute for Progress, was brand spanking new.
2:11.7	Since then, Alec and his think tank have made a lot of, well, progress.
2:17.2	So if you're interested in learning more,
2:19.7	be sure to check out their website, IFP.org. By the way, at one point, I cite the work of a man
2:29.3	named Tainter. I am referring to the great Joseph Tainter and his 1988 book, The Collapse of Complex Societies.
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