Geoff Stanley

things science needs: - grants to reward risk over incremental innovation - micro-bounties for specific research breakthroughs - rewards for 'whistleblowing' on assumptions - more funding for basic research **more people thinking about this stuff** cc: @james_ough @alexeyguzey

All great points @rivatez ! Defining the specific definitions (I.e. - for “breakthrough”) looks like a fun task. Have you written long form on this?

nah but we should.. the definition of breakthrough could be completely contextual to the problem, but industries and research areas should be listing problems and broadening the search for people to solve them (with the right incentives). just wanna accelerate shit

I feel that most people can’t really put their finger on what the actual problem is (we don’t know what we don’t know) but the need to accelerate is significant and academic research needs fixing