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Alec Stapp

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Alec Stapp

@AlecStapp

Co-founder @IFP, an innovation policy think tank

Washington, DC 🇺🇸

Joined June 2009

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Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp
Jun 16
Fantastic news from NSF: Adam Russell has been appointed to lead the new $1.5 billion X-Labs initiative to fund ambitious & innovative research institutions. Adam previously worked at DARPA, IARPA, and helped launch ARPA-H. Hard to think of a better person to lead X-Labs.
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Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp
Mar 17, 2025
techsiren ♥︎
@techhsiren
Mar 15, 2025
is there a specific post that you still think about
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Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp
Nov 14, 2021
Fix your labor shortage with this one weird trick
Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp
Jan 7, 2025
Counterpoint:
Avi
@AviSchiffmann
Jan 7, 2025
Microsoft has never made a good product. Windows is absolutely dogshit - its only use case is to play video games but even then just get a playstation. Github is kinda cool but they didn't make that. HoloLens sucked. At one point, Microsoft did sponsor me and sent me their best
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Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp
Oct 25, 2021
The government decided to let robocall scammers completely overwhelm our telephone system to the point where it’s basically unusable and no elected official seems to care.
Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp
Aug 14, 2021
I think about this tweet at least once a week
Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp
Mar 3, 2025
Sara Hooker
@sarahookr
Mar 2, 2025
The first step of any meaningful pursuit is to severely underestimate its difficulty.
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Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp
Aug 28, 2021
QR codes turning out to be useful has to be the greatest upset of all time
Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp
Mar 13, 2025
you should never ride a motorcycle
Tenobrus (→vibecamp)
@tenobrus
Mar 13, 2025
reply with ur most braindead obvious take. the ones that u genuinely think are borderline cringe to post bc everyone already knows.
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Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp
Nov 27, 2023
Still laughing about the time a computer scientist who had his bike stolen tried to explain binary search to a cop
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Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp
May 21, 2025
It is really weird that we have collectively chosen to memory hole this fact.
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Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp
Jul 14, 2025
We should clean the Statue of Liberty and unveil its shiny color on July 4th next year for the 250th anniversary of American independence 🇺🇸
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Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp
Nov 10, 2024
Let’s not go back to the time before vaccines.
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Alec Stapp
@AlecStapp
Jun 25, 2024
The case for nuclear power, in one chart.
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