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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

no, we can easily list 100s of problems...both at the meta level in terms of research structures and incentives, but then also at an industry level- a list of problems that if listed explicitly with incentives to solve would allow for sector growth...

i.e. sometimes things that would allow for sector growth are counterintuitive (which means that general funders overlook them). i remember one stem cell scientist telling me that a lack of v specific design software slowed down his research ~10x. we need to list these problems...

Lack of good software slows down a lot in academic science. There’s not much motivation for scientists to write software, and not much motivation for software engineers to take a massive salary cut to make scientific software. Seems like a solvable problem.

Stronger incentives for peer reviewhttps://mobile.twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1034458091864158208 …

Yes! And also prediction markets for general usefulness as well as replicability (will anyone care about this in 3yrs?)

Anyone who is experienced in a field can immediately identify the worst offenders. There’s just not enough reward for calling out the frivolous stuff

yessssssss +1 for prediction markets too!

What do you guys think are the odds we care about prediction markets in three years?

oooh a prediction on prediction markets! (also don't people already care? well, the CFTC does haha.. but here you need specific ways of allowing researchers to have skin in the game wrt to the future of their field)

You should sit down with @RyanBethencourt if haven't sometime you two would get along.

I am the proud 5 year owner of @RyanBethencourt’s house keys

OMG I didn't realize.

So when are you coming back to visit @rivatez ? Now I remember where those house keys went

Ps where in the world are you at the moment?

just waking up in my bed in San Francisco! (if you’re here let’s get coffee today/ this weekend, will text ) ((and haha I am planning on keeping your house keys forever! Who knows when I may want to throw a party? ))

I'm coming into SF for a secretish breakfast meeting, maybe I can sneak you in

The breakfast better be synthetic egg whites