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1/ It's crazy how much WWII and its aftermath shaped our current research system and its associated incentives: grants, patents, and power.
This letter from Sen. Kilgore illustrates how they basically made up what we take for granted:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/102/2660/630
@anecdotal
This letter from Sen. Kilgore illustrates how they basically made up what we take for granted:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/102/2660/630
@anecdotal
2/ He proposes the current structure of the NSF - president appointed directed + board members.
The six-year board members remove power from the president because there will always be cross-administration people. Truman and Eisenhower were pushing very hard for only a director.
The six-year board members remove power from the president because there will always be cross-administration people. Truman and Eisenhower were pushing very hard for only a director.
3/ Bush touches on the struggles over org structure in Pieces of the Action.
NASA followed the presidential-power-maximizing org structure which ultimately puts us in the situation were in today where NASA makes a new ten year plan every eight years. https://twitter.com/Ben_Reinhardt/status/1222909198150713344
NASA followed the presidential-power-maximizing org structure which ultimately puts us in the situation were in today where NASA makes a new ten year plan every eight years. https://twitter.com/Ben_Reinhardt/status/1222909198150713344
4/ Kilgore proposes that all patents generated from government-funded research become public-domain.
Bush (who was another huge player in creating the structure) points out that patents give people the incentive to fund commercialization: https://twitter.com/Ben_Reinhardt/status/1222918039491891200
Bush (who was another huge player in creating the structure) points out that patents give people the incentive to fund commercialization: https://twitter.com/Ben_Reinhardt/status/1222918039491891200
5/ The right move with patents is incredibly murky, but as @umbut points out, the current system under the Bayh-Dole Act that incentivizes every university to have their own tech transfer office horde patents in basically the worst of both worlds. https://researchenterprise.org/2019/02/01/bush-v-kilgore-v-the-old-order-v-now/
For the record I meant to h/t @anecdotal for pointing out the Kilgore article
