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Caleb Watney - America's Innovation Engine

Caleb Watney is the director of innovation policy at the Progressive Policy Institute. Episode website: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/caleb-watney Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pVUVuT Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3eeDHXm Follow me on Twitter to be notified of future content: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp Follow Caleb Watney: https://twitter.com/calebwatney Caleb's new blog: https://www.agglomerations.tech/ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:20 America's innovation engine is slowing 1:02 Remote work/ agglomeration effects 8:45 Chinese vs American innovation 16:23 Reforming institutions 19:00 Tom Cotton's critique of high skilled Immigration 22:26 Eric Weinstein's critique of high skilled Immigration 26:02 Reforming H1-B 30:30 Immigration during recession 32:55 Big tech / AI 38:20 EU regulation 40:07 Biden vs Trump 42:30 Federal R & D 47:20 Climate megaprojects 49:35 Falling fertility rates 52:20 Advice to 20 yr old

Caleb WatneyguestDwarkesh Patelhost
Sep 4, 202055mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released
September 4, 2020
Duration
55m
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Dwarkesh Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Caleb Watney is the director of innovation policy at the Progressive Policy Institute. Episode website: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/caleb-watney Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pVUVuT Spotify:https://spoti.fi/3eeDHXm Follow me on Twitter to be notified of future content: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp Follow Caleb Watney: https://twitter.com/calebwatney Caleb's new blog: https://www.agglomerations.tech/ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:20 America's innovation engine is slowing 1:02 Remote work/ agglomeration effects 8:45 Chinese vs American innovation 16:23 Reforming institutions 19:00 Tom Cotton's critique of high skilled Immigration 22:26 Eric Weinstein's critique of high skilled Immigration 26:02 Reforming H1-B 30:30 Immigration during recession 32:55 Big tech / AI 38:20 EU regulation 40:07 Biden vs Trump 42:30 Federal R & D 47:20 Climate megaprojects 49:35 Falling fertility rates 52:20 Advice to 20 yr old

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  • Caleb Watney

    guest

  • Dwarkesh Patel

    host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Dwarkesh Podcast, featuring Caleb Watney and Dwarkesh Patel, Caleb Watney - America's Innovation Engine explores can America Stay Innovative? Immigration, Clusters, Big Tech, And Policy Caleb Watney argues that America’s innovation engine is slowing due to three weakening pillars: high‑skill immigration, elite universities, and dense industrial clusters in superstar cities.

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