E140: LK-99, Sclerotic establishments, Fitch downgrades US debt, Trump indicted... again

(0:00) Bestie intros!

(0:53) LK-99 breakdown

(24:39) Funding landscape for breakthrough science, sclerotic establishments, boomer incumbents

(46:04) Fitch downgrades US debt rating

(1:09:12) Trump's newest indictment

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Referenced in the show:

https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2307/2307.12008.pdf

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.12037.pdf

https://manifold.markets/QuantumObserver/will-the-lk99-room-temp-ambient-pre?r=RWxpZXplcll1ZGtvd3NreQ

https://twitter.com/667keos/status/1686490898480173056

https://twitter.com/iris_IGB/status/1685731177523449856

https://twitter.com/VCBrags/status/1684591950387716097

https://stanforddaily.com/2023/07/19/stanford-president-resigns-over-manipulated-research-will-retract-at-least-3-papers

https://www.socialcapital.com/ideas/2021-annual-letter

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30418-9/fulltext

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-24/sam-altman-valley-vcs-bet-48-million-on-blood-testing-startup

https://www.fitchratings.com/research/sovereigns/fitch-downgrades-united-states-long-term-ratings-to-aa-from-aaa-outlook-stable-01-08-2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/02/1178215888/fitch-downgrade-credit-rating-deficits-debt-economy

https://twitter.com/BillAckman/status/1686906272937869312

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1670

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/22/gop-social-security-trump-rivals-cuts

https://www.commondreams.org/news/republicans-cut-social-security

https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/RS22331.pdf

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JTSJOL

https://apnews.com/trump-election-2020-indictment

https://apnews.com/article/trump-indicted-jan-6-investigation-special-counsel-debb59bb7a4d9f93f7e2dace01feccdc

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-r/2024/national

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-defendant-added-trump-classified-documents-case-court-papers-2023-07-27

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/briefing/trump-indictment.html

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1686843918317486081