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Thompson: Four Years After $42B Broadband Act, Effectively None Built
“We are four calendar years after the rural broadband provision was passed. No rural broadband effectively has been built. And of the 56 states and localities that applied for funding, only three of them even made it all the way through that 14 step process.”
Thompson: Penicillin was barely used until US WWII industrial scaling
“Like five people have been delivered penicillin in all of human history, 13 years after it was discovered, and the two of them have died. Penicillin has done nothing, and it took a very concerted U.S. Effort to implement penicillin, to grow it in large vats, t…”
Derek Thompson: NIH awards funding to older scientists over younger researchers
“It funds older scientists, much more than younger scientists, even though, I don't have to tell you this, it's often young people who have the most earth-changing ideas, the best paradigm-shifting ideas.”
Thompson: Today's scientists spend 40% of their time on grant paperwork
“A remarkable statistics from the book is that today's scientists now spend 40% of their time filling out paperwork and filing for grants.”
Thompson: GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Lower Dementia Rates in Veterans Study
“I did on my podcast, Plain English, an interview with someone who, ah, did this observational study, this population research on millions of people in the Veterans Affairs system who have been on GLP-I drugs for their type one, type two diabetes, or on other d…”