The speaker discusses the need for new institutions in the think tank ecosystem and emphasizes the importance of focusing on neglected but important issue areas and prioritizing policy impact over tangible outputs.
Alec Stapp is the co-founder of the Institute for Progress, a non-partisan innovation policy think tank aiming to “accelerate scientific, technological and industrial progress while safeguarding humanity’s future.” He joins the show to discuss how to achieve change in the age of lobbying, why bipartisanship is underrated, why US immigration policy is so slow-moving and MUCH more!