Caleb Watney
@calebwatney.bsky.social
Co-founder IFP // scientific, technological, and industrial progress
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🚨 We're hiring!
Join @ifp.bsky.social’s metascience team to rethink how science gets funded and organized.
Fellow & Senior Fellow roles open — $3K referral bonus if we hire your recommendation.
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Join @ifp.bsky.social’s metascience team to rethink how science gets funded and organized.
Fellow & Senior Fellow roles open — $3K referral bonus if we hire your recommendation.
Apply by May 11:
ifp.org/come-work-wi...
Come Work with IFP | IFP
IFP is currently hiring — join the team!
ifp.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🚨 We're hiring!
Join @ifp.bsky.social’s metascience team to rethink how science gets funded and organized.
Fellow & Senior Fellow roles open — $3K referral bonus if we hire your recommendation.
Apply by May 11:
ifp.org/come-work-wi...
Join @ifp.bsky.social’s metascience team to rethink how science gets funded and organized.
Fellow & Senior Fellow roles open — $3K referral bonus if we hire your recommendation.
Apply by May 11:
ifp.org/come-work-wi...
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@calebwatney.bsky.social of Institute for Progress on much-needed reforms of US funding for investments in science that make a lot more sense than DOGE slash-and-burn. via @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...
March 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
@calebwatney.bsky.social of Institute for Progress on much-needed reforms of US funding for investments in science that make a lot more sense than DOGE slash-and-burn. via @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...
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Smart piece on need for more risk-taking in US science www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o... by @calebwatney.bsky.social of @ifp.bsky.social
(Learn more abt IFP’s smart sci/med ideas — including some stuff by me & others on clinical trials — on their website.)
(Learn more abt IFP’s smart sci/med ideas — including some stuff by me & others on clinical trials — on their website.)
Opinion | DOGE Needs a Different Playbook for Science
We need less administrative bloat in science.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Smart piece on need for more risk-taking in US science www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o... by @calebwatney.bsky.social of @ifp.bsky.social
(Learn more abt IFP’s smart sci/med ideas — including some stuff by me & others on clinical trials — on their website.)
(Learn more abt IFP’s smart sci/med ideas — including some stuff by me & others on clinical trials — on their website.)
December 1, 2024 at 9:29 PM
A very interesting argument from @mtabarrok.bsky.social that credential inflation in education (without corresponding real gains in human capital) has made the Great Stagnation look a bit worse than it actually is.
www.maximum-progress.com/p/is-the-gre...
www.maximum-progress.com/p/is-the-gre...
November 30, 2024 at 5:33 PM
A very interesting argument from @mtabarrok.bsky.social that credential inflation in education (without corresponding real gains in human capital) has made the Great Stagnation look a bit worse than it actually is.
www.maximum-progress.com/p/is-the-gre...
www.maximum-progress.com/p/is-the-gre...
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New post, coauthored with Caroline Fry! mattsclancy.substack.com/p/training-s...
Training Scientists in Low and Middle Income Countries
The evidence is thin but it probably works
mattsclancy.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:41 PM
New post, coauthored with Caroline Fry! mattsclancy.substack.com/p/training-s...
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macroscience is back today with @calebwatney.bsky.social thinking about how data limits the promise of metascience, and arguing for the need for a census-style effort in the space
www.macroscience.org/p/a-census-f...
www.macroscience.org/p/a-census-f...
A Census for Science
The potential of metascience rests on its promise to offer an unparalleled account of the determinants of scientific and technological progress. Whereas earlier efforts to understand progress have rel...
www.macroscience.org
November 9, 2023 at 2:37 PM
macroscience is back today with @calebwatney.bsky.social thinking about how data limits the promise of metascience, and arguing for the need for a census-style effort in the space
www.macroscience.org/p/a-census-f...
www.macroscience.org/p/a-census-f...
I enjoyed having the opportunity to testify a few days ago before the House Science Committee on the areas where federal AI R&D funding can go the furthest:
progress.institute/where-can-fe...
progress.institute/where-can-fe...
October 20, 2023 at 5:43 PM
I enjoyed having the opportunity to testify a few days ago before the House Science Committee on the areas where federal AI R&D funding can go the furthest:
progress.institute/where-can-fe...
progress.institute/where-can-fe...
My mom is reading Dune because she wants to connect with me and have me explain the plot 😭
July 4, 2023 at 1:53 AM
My mom is reading Dune because she wants to connect with me and have me explain the plot 😭
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New spring 2023 Journal of Economic Perspectives issue: housing/urban economics, universal health insurance, mental health, + a bonus teaching-oriented piece on event study models from Doug Miller: aeaweb.org/issues/721
May 4, 2023 at 11:19 PM
New spring 2023 Journal of Economic Perspectives issue: housing/urban economics, universal health insurance, mental health, + a bonus teaching-oriented piece on event study models from Doug Miller: aeaweb.org/issues/721
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Montana is on track to adopt perhaps the most ambitious state-level YIMBY reform package yet: legalizing duplexes, establishing as-of-right permitting, and requiring that zoning be informed by realistic assessments of housing need, among many reforms.
How YIMBYs Won Montana
A wave of legislation designed to reform local zoning rules and boost housing is sweeping this GOP-led state, thanks to an unusual left-right coalition of supporters.
www.bloomberg.com
May 1, 2023 at 10:58 PM
Montana is on track to adopt perhaps the most ambitious state-level YIMBY reform package yet: legalizing duplexes, establishing as-of-right permitting, and requiring that zoning be informed by realistic assessments of housing need, among many reforms.
Everything you could possible want to know about nuclear power plant construction costs 🏗️⚡
https://progress.institute/nuclear-power-plant-construction-costs/
https://progress.institute/nuclear-power-plant-construction-costs/
Why Does Nuclear Power Plant Construction Cost So Much? - Institute for Progress
The source of clean energy shouldn't be displaying "negative learning" over time
progress.institute
May 1, 2023 at 5:14 PM
Everything you could possible want to know about nuclear power plant construction costs 🏗️⚡
https://progress.institute/nuclear-power-plant-construction-costs/
https://progress.institute/nuclear-power-plant-construction-costs/
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April 30, 2023 at 8:08 PM
Anyone have any hot takes on buying a couch?
May 1, 2023 at 3:29 AM
Anyone have any hot takes on buying a couch?
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Had a blast at @calebwatney.bsky.social / @alecstapp.bsky.social / EIG conference in Lancaster, PA
April 30, 2023 at 2:37 AM
Had a blast at @calebwatney.bsky.social / @alecstapp.bsky.social / EIG conference in Lancaster, PA
Reposted by Caleb Watney
📢 Android is finally here! 🎉
Google takes a while to update their search so here’s the direct link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.blueskyweb.app&hl=en_US
Google takes a while to update their search so here’s the direct link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.blueskyweb.app&hl=en_US
Bluesky - Apps on Google Play
See what's next
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April 19, 2023 at 5:00 PM
📢 Android is finally here! 🎉
Google takes a while to update their search so here’s the direct link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.blueskyweb.app&hl=en_US
Google takes a while to update their search so here’s the direct link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.blueskyweb.app&hl=en_US