Is There a Need for More Science Education?

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In samaria, of courseit most fields, we have a lot fewer workers. We might also argue that the lowest hanging scientists have already been chosen. The second possibility would be, we organize the search for knowledge poorly. And the third would be to change the rules of the game in the larger society.

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.