Science and Our Shared Future

How a Second Trump Administration Might Attack US Science [April 2024]

An essay from 2024, on how US science could be threatened by a potential second Trump administration, written by Noah Rosenblum and myself. We ultimately did not publish, in part because we didn't want to give any hints to Trump allies about how to attack US science. In

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Basic Science Is The Foundation Of Future Cures

Injecting partisan politics into American basic science would be terrible for the US: for the economy, and for development of future treatments for diseases like schizophrenia and Alzheimer's.

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My conflicts of interest

Incentives influence us all. I try hard to do what I see as the right thing and not let biases creep in. But like everyone I have a set of incentives or structural factors that can influence my thinking. I list some below for transparency. [last major revision: Nov 2024]

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Local television news isn't seeing the same collapse as other forms of local news. Why?

Local TV news gets subsidies that other local journalism does not receive.

How a Second Trump Administration Might Attack US Science [April 2024]

Basic Science Is The Foundation Of Future Cures

My conflicts of interest

Local television news isn't seeing the same collapse as other forms of local news. Why?

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