06 - Science - First Principles

The American Upgrade Project

Our mission: To engineer a better government and society by going back to first principles.
We use aliases to keep it anonymous as:

1. It's a show about ideas + dialectic, not ego.

2. We wouldn't want to feel constrained from delving into controversial territory for fear of losing our day jobs.
I go by 'badger' 🦡 and my co-host goes by 'fox' 🦊.
In this episode: we talk about SCIENCE and some of the major issues surrounding the scientific process in American society -- namely the replication crisis, funding, and incentives for non-profitable but essential endevours, like developing new antibiotics.
Reach out with questions, comments, and guest recommendations! 🇺🇸
Twitter: @usaupgrade
Email: [e-mail]