Caleb Watney

Mar 20, 2024 | ifp.org | Alec Stapp |Caleb Watney

IFP is currently hiring. See below for an overview of the organization and a description of each open position. We will pay a bounty of $3,000 for a referral that leads to a successful hire. Applicants can mention who referred them in the application form. About IFP:The Institute for Progress (IFP) is a non-partisan think tank focused on innovation policy. Our organization works to accelerate and shape the direction of scientific, technological, and industrial progress.

Nov 29, 2023 | mattsclancy.substack.com | Matt Clancy |Caleb Watney

Dear readers,Regular programming will be back next week or so; today’s post is two quick announcements that may be of interest to readers working on or completing PhDs.This spring, the Institute for Progress is once again organizing a free online PhD short course on the Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation. We did this last year and it went really well.

Apr 21, 2023 | worksinprogress.co | Samuel Hughes |Caleb Watney |Stuart Buck |Eli Dourado

19th October 202016 Mins Electrical interference has restricted what humans can observe with telescopes. To make leaps as a species, now’s the time for us to build a telescope on the far side of the moon. In 1929, Bell Labs was frustrated by persistent electrical interference on its transatlantic wireless telephone link.