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@andy_matuschak

Who/where should I read for the the best commentary on the Endless Frontier Act / dueling 2021 NSF funding expansion proposals? (massive funding package for NSF, currently in several dueling forms, but a $100B version just moved out of the commerce committee)

8:50 PM · May 17, 2021TweetDeck

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@andy_matuschak

Read? I think telenovela may be the more appropriate meeting to follow this one... :-)

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Bills to give NSF massive spending boost advance in Senate and House, but hurdles remain

Senate panel adds Department of Energy and geographic diversity, House keeps it simple

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recommend following

if you aren't already

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@BrendanBordelon

has been doing some of the best reporting on the bill, imo

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Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass

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Excellent summary from

here: benjaminreinhardt.com/the-endless-fr although events are starting to change some of the particulars.

benjaminreinhardt.com

The Endless Frontier Act

This is going to be a painfully cliched, but imagine that the American science and technology system is an engine. It’s just not performing as well as it used to. It’s making a lot of noise and when...

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@andy_matuschak

Gosh, that Szilard quote is just killer.

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is a good person to follow about science funding generally.

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