Patrick Collison on Innovation and Scientific Progress

28/01/2019 1h 15min Episodio 667
Patrick Collison on Innovation and Scientific Progress

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Episode Synopsis

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.