One of my favorite podcasters and writers, Ezra Klein, and another favorite writer, Derek Thompson, have teamed up to write a very timely book that offers an antidote, or at least another path forward, versus Trump's and DOGE's burn it all down. Klein offers a defense of his vision in this podcast.
Rather than austerity and destruction, they advocate for abundance and growth. It is an inspiring vision for the future, and the offer many examples of government, Democratic and Republican alike, standing in the way of the future we need and the society we all imagine. It is a lack of will, structure, and implementation that stands in our way, and these authors provide some exceptional examples of how we have cut through these obstacles to deliver game-changing results. These examples include Operation Warp Speed and the COVID vaccines, the repair to the I-95 bridge in Pennsylvania that only took 12 days, and mass production of penicillin.
I particularly enjoyed their thoughts on possible reforms to the scientific enterprise, including the grant funding process.
I am not sure anyone in this administration will pick up this book, but you should!
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