Alec Stapp

@AlecStapp117k followers

Co-founder @IFP, an innovation policy think tank

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1Oct 20, '23Drivers used to just mow down kids, look at these numbers60.6×12.3M12k862798
2Jul 14, '25We should clean the Statue of Liberty and unveil its shiny color on July 4th next year for the 250th anniversary of American independence 🇺🇸54×11M58k3k2.7k
3Mar 13, '25you should never ride a motorcycle46.7×9.5M97k3.3k7.6k
4Mar 3, '25View post on X38.6×7.8M140k12k11k
5Feb 21, '25Fun question from @Sam__Enright: What’s the “anti-reading list” in your field of expertise?35.3×7.2M11k6586.2k
6Jan 7, '25Counterpoint:35.2×7.1M190k9.8k5.4k
7Nov 27, '23Still laughing about the time a computer scientist who had his bike stolen tried to explain binary search to a cop34.7×7.1M79k7.4k5.6k
8Mar 17, '25View post on X32.2×6.5M290k15k7.5k
9Jul 27, '25It’s weird that serial killers were a thing for like one 30 year period27.6×5.6M11k3921.7k
10May 2, '25This is insanely hardcore26.1×5.3M45k4.3k7.9k
11Jan 18, '23Just thinking about how the United States could have been the world leader in 5G technology instead of China if we had just given *one guy* a green card when he needed one24.1×4.9M16k2.7k741
12Apr 16, '23Scientist who discovered that hand washing dramatically reduces mortality during child birth was ridiculed by his colleagues and then committed to an insane asylum, where he was be22.7×4.6M23k4.7k1.2k
13Jun 14, '25Poland went from Iran-level of economic development to Japan-level in a single generation22.3×4.5M25k2.4k2.6k
14Sep 12, '24One of the most striking charts this year: China’s startup ecosystem has almost completely collapsed in the last 5 years.21×4.3M11k2.1k2.9k
15Jul 5, '23How is this real20.8×4.2M12k687683
16May 5, '25This is the best one-paragraph explanation for what's gone wrong with our institutions:19.6×4M15k2.3k4.7k
17Jul 22, '23“You pay me $84 now and I’ll pay you thousands of dollars per month later” is the stuff of Nigerian prince email scams17.3×3.5M9.5k1.4k116
18May 23, '25Poland really is a miraculous economic success story.17.1×3.5M14k9832.7k
19Sep 24, '24Milei repeals rent controls in Argentina. The results in Buenos Aires since last October: - housing rental supply up 170% - rents down 40%16.3×3.3M22k4.1k2.1k
20Nov 14, '21Fix your labor shortage with this one weird trick16.3×0176k27k1.1k
21Dec 26, '24Only 14% of US residents are immigrants. But immigrants are responsible for 36% of aggregate innovation. Two-thirds of this contribution is due to making their native-born collabor15.7×3.2M10k1.5k1.2k
22Jul 30, '24New model from Nate Silver with Harris v. Trump just published:15.6×3.2M11k7491.4k
23Nov 10, '24Let’s not go back to the time before vaccines.15.5×3.1M54k6.1k2.8k
24May 21, '25It is really weird that we have collectively chosen to memory hole this fact.13.9×2.8M60k8.2k5.2k
25Oct 25, '21The 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.12.9×0144k18k1.5k
26Jun 11, '24I think about this California high-speed rail story all the time12.6×2.6M42k4.9k4k
27Jan 4, '25Narrative violation12.5×2.5M13k4542.1k
28May 28, '24Apparently the State Department intelligence unit is extremely goated12.5×2.5M17k9928.3k
29Sep 22, '24Guess what France did in the 1970s12.2×2.5M14k1.3k1k
30Aug 14, '21I think about this tweet at least once a week11.1×0134k11k2k
31Jan 25, '23Computer scientists trying and failing to communicate with the police lmao11×2.2M28k2.7k1.1k
32Jul 8, '25Wait what10.8×2.2M31k1.2k2k
33Jun 21, '23The highway overpass collapsed just ***9 days ago*** Progress is a policy choice.10.8×2.2M12k1.2k208
34Aug 25, '24One of the worst cases of scientific fraud ever: >cardiologist fakes data showing better outcomes for patients who were given beta blockers before heart surgery >Europe chang10.6×2.2M24k4.6k5.3k
35Jun 20, '24Contender for favorite chart of all time: Predictions vs. Reality for solar energy.9.8×2M12k2k2.3k
36Jun 23, '24“The world is a museum of passion projects.”9.8×2M44k6.5k5.9k
37Sep 4, '24Weird situation where firefighters (mostly) don’t fight fires anymore9.6×1.9M12k5581k
38Jan 23, '23begging people to stop romanticizing the pre-industrial era9.6×1.9M16k3.3k989
39Oct 12, '25wtf are we even doing9.0×1.8M11k1.4k596
40Aug 28, '21QR codes turning out to be useful has to be the greatest upset of all time8.7×0108k7.4k881
41Aug 24, '23This might be the worst chart crime I've ever seen. Look closely until you see it...7.9×1.6M11k762632
42Jan 17, '23How it started / How it’s going7.8×1.6M21k4.1k399
43Sep 22, '24We already have robots working in agriculture and they’re way more productive than this humanoid7.7×1.6M14k813794
44Sep 24, '24People who try to romanticize the past should be forced to stare at this chart for a while7.4×1.5M29k3.5k2.2k
45Mar 26, '24An artist: (1) bought an Andy Warhol drawing for $20,000 (2) made 999 high-quality forgeries of it (3) shuffled them together (4) sold each of the 1,000 drawings for $250 each "If 7.3×1.5M26k1.2k2k
46Nov 21, '24This stat always blows my mind7.0×1.4M11k6292.1k
47Aug 18, '24Japan has been collecting data on the date of peak cherry tree blossom since 812 See if you can spot climate change...6.8×1.4M16k2.9k2.6k
48Mar 13, '25Too many people take biomedical innovation for granted.6.8×1.4M30k3.5k1.6k
49Jun 25, '24The case for nuclear power, in one chart.6.8×1.4M45k3.5k2.4k
50Oct 31, '24Apparently an anonymous Theranos employee discussed the whole fraud (without naming the company) on a popular subreddit years before the WSJ broke the story6.7×1.4M17k1.7k5.6k
51Jan 7, '24TurboTax (Intuit) and H&R Block have lobbied for years to stop this from happening. These companies are parasites and I can’t wait for the IRS to put them out of business.6.6×1.3M24k2.8k904
52Aug 21, '24Vaccines are miraculous6.5×1.3M16k1.9k1.8k
53Apr 17, '25Wonder what Austin is doing differently than other cities, guess we'll never know6.4×1.3M15k6871.9k
54Sep 11, '24The US now produces 50% more oil than Saudi Arabia6.3×1.3M11k2.7k1.2k
55Jun 13, '24View post on X6.3×1.3M14k1.1k1.6k
56Oct 20, '24Lmao it’s real6.1×1.2M13k1.6k1.7k
57Mar 28, '24View post on X6.1×1.2M34k2.7k1.5k
58Oct 15, '25Reminds me of this line from @tylercowen:6.0×1.2M12k4872.1k
59Nov 16, '23How is this real5.8×1.2M10k426434
60Oct 12, '25Hot take: Canceling a 6 gigawatt solar farm is an extremely dumb thing to do when electricity rates are skyrocketing5.8×1.2M24k3k734
61Apr 14, '24View post on X5.2×1.1M19k1.9k1.3k
62Jul 7, '24Funny how that works5.2×1M14k656403
63Oct 22, '24🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸5.1×1M19k1.4k1.7k
64Jan 22, '23I think about this all the time5.0×1M13k484206
65Oct 15, '24How many people are aware that US per-capita CO₂ emissions have fallen below WWI levels4.8×975k15k1.9k2k
66Oct 2, '24This is the way4.8×969k22k2.5k1.5k
67Mar 21, '24Really gonna enjoy watching the IRS nuke TurboTax’s predatory business model4.5×921k14k7691k
68Sep 3, '24View post on X4.3×880k15k1k1.2k
69Dec 10, '24View post on X4.3×866k24k664267
70Jul 31, '25When an unstoppable force (environmental review) meets an immovable object (also environmental review):3.8×769k25k1.8k1.9k
71Dec 22, '24All-time best headline3.6×736k19k1k773
72Mar 1, '2550% of kids used to die before reaching the end of puberty3.5×708k15k2k970
73Aug 16, '24Still mad that this is the most efficient way to pack 17 small squares into a larger square3.4×689k16k5101.1k
74May 9, '24Holy shit3.1×633k11k981535
76Nov 6, '24Lots of people are about to radically change their view of how the economy is doing3.0×611k12k968745
77Jan 25, '25Econ 101 remains underrated2.9×580k13k921839
78Apr 6, '22Not gonna lie, didn't expect "illustrators" to be one of the first human jobs that artificial intelligence completely displaces but here we are2.8×027k3.4k2k
79Jan 8, '24View post on X2.7×558k10k1.5k1.1k
80Sep 11, '24Why is the German government bragging about this2.6×522k13k674289
81Sep 5, '22Here’s a fact that most people don’t know: Single-use plastic grocery bags are actually the environmentally friendly option by a huge margin.2.5×019k3.5k3.5k
82Oct 26, '21An artist: (1) bought an Andy Warhol drawing for $20,000 (2) made 999 high-quality forgeries of it (3) shuffled them together (4) sold each of the 1,000 drawings for $250 each "If 2.5×022k4.5k1.1k
84Feb 20, '22Who could have predicted2.4×027k3.1k363
85Nov 5, '22In case the end is near, here’s the all-time best reply on this website2.1×025k2.1k568
86Aug 30, '21The 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 care2.0×022k2.9k263
87Apr 2, '24Good news of the day: We can fix really hard & scary problems if we try.2.0×403k11k932481
88Apr 7, '22Stunning fact: In Japan, the price of housing hasn't increased in 25 years.2.0×019k2.7k1.1k
90Nov 17, '21Holy shit this is the best thing the FTC has done in years1.9×021k2.1k294
91Aug 4, '22This really is insane when you think about it:1.9×018k3.4k577
93May 22, '22Capitalism is when a government regulator bans most competitors from entering the market1.6×017k1.7k377
94May 30, '22Who could have predicted1.5×017k1.9k248
95Jun 13, '22Why can’t we build things anymore in the US? Look at this absurd process the FAA is making SpaceX go through:1.4×011k2.2k582
96Jun 19, '22Maybe shutting down the nuclear power plants was a mistake?1.3×014k1.5k115
97May 23, '22Really shocking to see how much more dangerous motorcycles are than every other mode of transportation1.1×09.7k1.1k745
98Jan 2, '22Has any company ever fumbled the bag as badly as Twitter did when it shut down Vine in 2017?1.0×013k596144
99May 10, '21This is the best Twitter reply of all time1.0×012k989241
100Jul 30, '22Holy shit1.0×010k1k546
101Oct 16We’re hiring for our editorial team! Please share with all the sharpest wordcels in your life. $5,000 reward for a referral that leads to a hire.0.0×2.3k16100

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