Sam Enright
@Sam__Enright
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Innovation policy @progressireland, writing @_fitzwilliam, fellow @rootsofprogress @joininteract
Joined September 2017
Ludwig Wittgenstein gatecrashed John Maynard Keynes' honeymoon, and he wouldn't leave for six days
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A new venture: The Fitzwilliam is launching a monthly recreational mathematics meetup
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in most cases the honest answer to "how will you win" is that you have extremely smart friends who love and support you
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People keep messaging me about whether I am the "holdout" from this tweet lol
Today I had lunch with twelve young Irish people -- a wonderful bunch in their early 20s working on rockets, biotech, software/AI, etc. I enquired about whether any were planning on leaving Ireland over the next 3 years. All hands but one went up. I asked the holdout why he was
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A good thread
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development has the rare distinction of changing economics for the better, and being totally wrong. A thread on what it did, why it mattered, and why it’s wrong. 1/
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One year after the Draghi report's dramatic call to action NOTHING has changed in the EU. To change what we do, we need to change dramatically how Europe operates. Our Manifesto explains the necessary reforms.
constitutionofinnovation.eu
An academic paper examining Europe's innovation challenges and proposing a constitutional framework for economic renaissance.
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🏫🛣️ Must-read, for those interested in planning, housing, infrastructure...
This is a really helpful post highlighting how better or worse transposition of EU Directives can make a difference to planning system outcomes
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New blog post, in which I turn on a paid subscription option for my personal blog
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Why aren't European software companies scaling?
@patrickc Agree: selling to European companies is such a heavier lift: data residency rules, localisation demands on everything. endless contractual adjustments, zero risk tolerance in the larger companies when procuring. It’s one of the less discussed EU challenges (vs funding etc)
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We should be making Irish policy microsites
🚨We’re working on an extremely cool innovation microsite that requires some creative web dev. DM me if interested. - Likely using React + Node/TS - Knowledge of <canvas> or Motion .dev and pixel-perfect UIs - ~6-8 weeks of work - Remote, flexible hours - Starting ASAP
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New blog post: The next stage in the evolution of the 'linkpost' format
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Sharan is excellent
AI that is “forced to be good” v “genuinely good” Should we care about the difference? (yes!) We’re releasing the first open implementation of character training. We shape the persona of AI assistants in a more robust way than alternatives like prompting or activation steering.
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