Is That Your Money?

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i do think there's an enormous challenge for an opportunity for some of the more successful people in insiligan valley to do something outside the the narrowest of spaces that are profit oriented. One thing that's striking about h h m i is they're very thoughtful about how they reallicate their dollars rights. It just does not serve us wellti, maybe it's the right thing to say, but it's not my money. No'll take a chance. So that's none of my business.

Patrick Collison, co-founder and CEO of Stripe, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the pace of innovation. Collison argues that despite enormous increases in the numbers of scientists and researchers, the pace of progress in scientific and technological understanding does not seem to be increasing accordingly. The conversation looks at the challenge of measuring innovation and whether the pace of innovation should be a matter of concern and if so, what might be done about it.