Good read: "How Karl Compton believed a research department should be run," by Eric Gilliam freaktakes.substack.com/p/how-karl-com…

Only started reading it but this is a good piece that brings together a lot of themes I've likewise been thinking about and working on x.com/kanjun/status/…

Really exciting to see all this (re)new(ed) energy in science of science! Can barely keep up! Heidi L. Williams Caleb Watney Elaine Sevier x.com/heidilwilliams…

Econ of Science is at an inflection point. It's already happening somewhat, but I'm guessing that in 5-10 years, new grad students will have a v different introduction to the field than I did 🚀🚀🚀

post-doc in the economics of science / innovation J-PAL Science for Progress Initiative. For someone starting a high-impact research career. Time, support, mentorship from the inimitable Heidi L. Williams & growing SfPI network povertyactionlab.org/careers/postdo…

I don't think it merits a whole post, but I think this article is just wildly wrong for all the normal causal inference reasons. We have no idea why Bell Labs was successful; we don't know any recipe at all! nature.com/articles/s4225…

Very happy to announce our team's support for Misha Teplitskiy | Science of Science, Diego Gómez Zará, and @zhang_hanzhe! Three really exciting pieces of science-of-science research!

As usual I don't really know what I'm talking about, but here's my best idea for a science-of-science Data Utopia macroinvention.wordpress.com/2023/02/25/a-d…

Are you an academic potentially interested in spending time in policy / DC, but aren’t sure where you might best try to contribute? 1. Read this by Doug Elmendorf: progress.institute/how-to-transla… 2. See below + reach out to Jordan Dworkin Paul Niehaus Jeremy Weinstein David Yokum or me

Headed over to Evanston for ICSSI in a bit, please say hi if you see me!

Very grateful to the organizers of #ICSSI Dashun Wang James Evans Heidi L. Williams and everyone else who worked so hard -- thank you! A great 2nd year at what has quickly become my favorite conference to attend

I'll just be on whatever platform the economists are so I can learn about things like network effects...

Turns out you can just not simmer bolognese for 4 hours and it's still tasty. The pasta still must sit on top, respectfully.

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I understand the negative ways to read this, but it strikes me as just normal human advice if put in plainer terms. "Get to know the people you'll be working with," pretty normal stuff.

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