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CSET: How to Break the Think Tank Mold

2021/12/3
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Dewey Murdick, director of CSET, discusses how the organization has brought a new level of rigor to hot topics ranging from chips to immigration and AI safety policy.

We also discuss:

- CSET's Map of Science) and the fate of Google Scholar

  • Being beholden to the checkbooks of funders

  • Topics that make policymakers' eyes roll - but shouldn't

  • The optimal employment conditions for growing temperate, nice, low-ego, tasty fruit

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