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FYI science policy briefs

1 month ago | physicstoday.scitation.org | Lindsay McKenzie |Jacob Taylor |Johanna Miller |Emily Blevins

Following an executive order issued by President Trump in February, multiple government agencies began eliminating science advisory committees. The order, titled “Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy,” calls for shutting down specific advisory committees and directs the heads of some agencies and departments to identify additional committees for termination.
As medical professionals, we must do more for FLDS communities in rural Utah

Aug 14, 2024 | sltrib.com | Jacob Taylor

Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) living in rural Utah face unique and significant challenges when it comes to accessing healthcare. This insular community, often wary of outsiders and influenced by a complex history of persecution and internal governance, struggles with a lack of access to essential health services.
The most important question when designing AI

May 20, 2024 | brookings.edu | Jacob Taylor

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) could be the most significant technological breakthrough since the internet. But having witnessed the way commercial pressures have eroded user experience of Big Tech’s consumer internet platforms (what Cory Doctorow vividly describes as “enshitification”), it’s understandable that we might harbor some skepticism. How will these same companies’ development of large-scale AI systems truly enhance outcomes for humanity?
Forging next steps into the SDG second half

Dec 19, 2023 | brookings.edu | John McArthur |Zia Khan |Jacob Taylor |Daniel P. Bicknell

The story of the Sustainable Development Goals’ second half out to 2030 is yet to be written. In practical terms, much of the story will boil down to groups of people getting together to listen, debate, and act on concrete next steps. This is the underlying spirit of 17 Rooms. In the 2023 annual flagship, 17 highly curated working groups, one per SDG, came together to craft new forms of actionable, collaborative leadership over a 12-to-18-month horizon.
An Indigenous ethical model for drone operations in Canada

Dec 19, 2023 | cdnsciencepub.com | Jacob Taylor

IntroductionThe Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) regulate drone service providers in Canada. Part IX of the regulations contains most rules for remotely piloted aircraft under 25 kg in maximum take-off weight (Transport Canada 2023). These regulations mostly center on rules related to the registration of pilots and aircraft and how both operate safely in the national airspace. Part IX of the CARs is the only mandatory framework for drones in health care or Indigenous settings.
Utahns could see $0 payments, quicker loan forgiveness under Biden-Harris' new SAVE plan

Oct 9, 2023 | kmyu.tv | Jacob Taylor

As of this October, Utahns with student loans have to start paying them again after more than three years of those debts being on pause. Although the Supreme Court threw out the White House’s student loan forgiveness plan, another strategy now in place could essentially do the same thing. Call it slow motion student loan forgiveness. It may take years for that debt to be wiped out, but in the meantime, many Utahns may not have to pay a dime.
University action on the SDGs: 5 lessons from 17 Rooms-U experiments

Sep 8, 2023 | brookings.edu | Jacob Taylor

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are ambitious targets that the world agreed to achieve together. Yet, for many people, the SDGs can feel unapproachable—too big, too jargon-laden, and too U.N.-centric to be useful. As the world considers how to do things differently for the second half of the SDG era, an important frontier for progress will be communities everywhere feeling more able to take the Goals into their own hands to advance local action.
Farnam Street Investments July 2023 Client Letter

Jul 26, 2023 | seekingalpha.com | Jacob Taylor

Post Mortems: Win Some, Lose Some We avoid discussing our owned businesses in public settings. It's insidiously easy to overcommit to an idea when it's intertwined with your identity. Yet we still believe in conducting thorough postmortems, even in the harsh glare of the public eye. The rest of this letter will examine one winning investment and one wipeout. Let's get the bad news out of the way first… Spark Networks (LOV) Spark is a global purveyor of dating apps.